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Can an atom be modified into a new atom?
An example would be. Can i make a single hydrogen atom and modify it to become just an oxygen atom.
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- 7 years agoFavorite Answer
That sort of modification would take high amounts of energies and would be highly improbable. Hydrogen (in its most common isotopic form) is one proton, and oxygen is six protons/six neutrons. Usually, the way you "modify" an atom into a new atom is by atomic decay, or proton acceleration into the nucleus of an atom. Changing the numbers of protons would ultimately change what the atom's electronic (and thus chemical) properties are.
- 7 years ago
The sun does this constantly. The fusion process is when two molecules of hydrogen come together and make helium. When stars explode into a supernova you get a LOT more energy and heavier atoms are formed.
- maussyLv 77 years ago
Chemically not.
But physically in bombarding your atom by ions or atoms accelerated in a nuclear reactor . But this requires a lot of energy and is done in a nuclear plant
You can not do this in a usual chemistry lab