Question: What would need to happen to change a lead atom into a gold atom?
Answer: nuclear transmutation
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qaPairs: question: What more difficult process would need to happen to change a lead atom into a gold atom?
answer: nuclear transmutation
transmutation
question: What easier process would need to happen to change a lead atom into a gold atom?
answer: neutron capture and beta decay
neutron capture
beta decay