Man-Made Elements: What Are They?

[jmanjohn]

Anyone have a list of man made (replicated) elements?

 

[tiny-tim]

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hi jmanjohn! welcome to pf!

wikipedia does, of course! …

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_element#List_of_synthetic_elements ​

 

[jmanjohn]

I looked at those but what about fusion in the tokamak? Is it creating helium when hydrogen collisions occur?

 

[HallsofIvy]

Helium, even though it can be "made by man" would not be considered a "man made element" since it exists in nature.

 

[jmanjohn]

Maybe a better title to my post would be "How many natural elements have been made by man..." and is there a list?

 

[willem2]

Maybe a better title to my post would be "How many natural elements have been made by man..." and is there a list?

I think the answer to that is all of them. If you look at an isotope chart, all elements have unstable isotopes, that could only have been made in a lab.
researchers have basically shot everything at everything. In particular radiation with neutrons and subsequent beta decay will get you nearly everything

 

[jmanjohn]

Meaning, natural elements have been created? What natural elements have been created by combining other elements(not by a star or exploding star)?

 

[phyzguy]

Meaning, natural elements have been created? What natural elements have been created by combining other elements(not by a star or exploding star)?

Like willem2 said, all of them.