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from the illustration above how does the concept of atomic number lead to the synthesis of new element which is neptunium? ​

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Answer:

They bombarded atoms of bismuth

(Z=83) with fast-moving alpha particles in a cyclotron. ... He used a particle accelerator to bombard uranium with neutrons and created an element with an atomic number 93 which he named neptunium. At the end of 1940, element-94 was synthesized by Seaborg, McMillan, Kennedy, and Wahl.

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