How do they create an element that is the same mass as the original one but is a different element by adding neutrons; is that possible? I saw this video yesterday. He is giving a list of benefits and uses of LENR research but he doesn't drill down to anything promising except for mentioning that NASA is working on something that when you add neutrons, the element changes to another element but weighs the same like in my first sentence.
The best that can be said about it, is that NASA is doing LENR research.
I prefer NASA to spend money on this than Muslim outreach. Based on all the research I've done, I am convinced LENR OR CANR or both is real and it makes sense for someone in America to research it.
The problem with NASA is they always have to go hat in hand to get funds and the worse thing about NASA is that they report to the VP or at least, used to. I wouldn't trust Biden to fund this even if he understood its ramifications.
How do they create an element that is the same mass as the original one but is a different element by adding neutrons; is that possible?
Table Of Nuclides
The element doesn't change, only its' atomic mass. The number of protons determines what the element is. The number of neutrons determines how the element behaves. Some elements have many different isotopes (different numbers of neutrons), and can behave very differently. Some naturally occurring, some produced/manufactured by nuclear processes, some merely theoretical.
The best example if course is U-235, a very stable isotope of Uranium. Add a neutron and get U-236, a very unstable isotope of Uranium which has a very short half-life and decays (fissions) extremely quickly.