Write a nuclear equation for the hypothetical fusion of a copper atom with another nucleus to make gold. Can this happen? Why or why not.

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Explanation:

What i have shown below in the image attached is a hypothetical nuclear fusion reaction that attempts to produce a gold nucleus by fusion of copper and barium.

This is not possible because nuclear fusion can only occur with two light nuclei and not two heavy nuclei such as copper and barium.

Hence, this reaction is not possible.

periodic trends is an atom that gets larger as the number of electronic shells increase, the radius of atoms increases as you go down a certain group in the periodic table of elements. in general, the size of an atom will decrease as you move from left to right of a certain period.