It was devoted chiefly to discovering a substance that would transmit the more common metals into gold or silver. Now he owes you an explanation of how it is possible and how it is possible to transform lead to gold as well. In fact, it is simple. Let s apply our knowledge of atomic structure. We have stated before that chemistry is mainly determined by electrons and electron configurations.
Nuclear chemistry is a unique part of chemistry where the chemical changes involve nuclei.
Some atomic nuclei are unstable and when they transform to more stable forms of matter, high energy radiation is produced. Radioactivity is the ability to produce radiation . A radioactive isotopes are called radionuclides. Every element has radioactive isotopes. Each of them corresponds to different processes happening in atomic nuclei.