explain in detail. if it is possible then y the people doesn't do it?. reason for no also?
2007-03-14 06:23:15 · 13 answers · asked by naresh3005 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
None of them. The study is called alchemy, and it's been tried for years, but no one's been able to do it.
2007-03-14 06:30:48 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Possible, but not economical.
From Wikipedia
Since there is only one stable gold isotope, Au-197, nuclear reactions must create this isotope in order to produce usable gold.
Gold synthesis from Mercury
Mercury198 + 6.8Mev gamma ray > 1neutron + Mercury197 (half-life 2.7 days > Gold 197)
Gold synthesis in an accelerator
Gold synthesis in a particle accelerator is possible in many ways. The Spallation Neutron Source has a liquid Mercury target that will be transmuted into Gold, Platinum and Iridium, which are lower in atomic number.
Gold synthesis in a nuclear reactor
In a nuclear reactor, gold can be manufactured by irradiation of platinum or mercury. Since platinum is more expensive than gold, platinum is economically unsuitable as a raw material. Only the mercury isotope Hg-196, which occurs with a frequency of 0.15% in natural mercury, can be converted to gold by neutron capture, and following K+- decay into Au-197 with slow neutrons.
2007-03-14 06:34:38 · answer #2 · answered by seweccentric 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Platinum can be changed to gold via irradiation in a nuclear reaction.
Platinum is more rare than gold.
It's also possible to transmute certain isotopes of mercury into gold. But this has to be done in a particle accelerator, or a nuclear reactor. Both are cost prohibitive.
2007-03-14 06:33:31 · answer #3 · answered by Vegan 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's not possible! Research, at the lib. the periodic table of elements. That list is the basic features of all the elements that we know about at this time. We still can not change one into another. That idea was called Alchemy and has been proven not possable at this time. There is no such thing as anti-gravity also.
2007-03-14 06:34:45 · answer #4 · answered by DaveMan50 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It IS possible. Seweccentric has the best answer, so I won't add anything, except that those methods cost alot of money -- more than the gold would be worth in the end.
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2007-03-14 06:45:29 · answer #5 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You can't change elements. You can combine elements to make things, like water and air, but you cannot create an element from another element.
2007-03-14 06:26:47 · answer #6 · answered by Jon C 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
None ...gold is an element. You can't change one element into another.
2007-03-14 06:26:24 · answer #7 · answered by whatisthisworldcomingto 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
this is obtainable, yet you like a thermonuclear bomb to do it.... you ought to fuse added protons to the nucleus of lead atoms, which takes an staggering volume of potential - the two warmth and rigidity. good success with that.
2016-11-25 19:52:38 · answer #8 · answered by villalobas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You indians beggars will do anything to get rich won't you?
Forget gold and do some productive work for your country.
2007-03-14 06:27:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
None. Gold is a noble metal. It is not, nor can it be, made by man.
2007-03-14 07:17:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋