Synthetic elements

ID: synthetic-elements

Synthetic elements are those that do not occur naturally on Earth and are instead artificially created in laboratories or nuclear reactors through nuclear reactions. These elements typically have very high atomic numbers and are often unstable, leading to rapid radioactive decay. Synthetic elements are produced by bombarding stable nuclei with particles, such as neutrons or protons, in a particle accelerator or a nuclear reactor.

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