Scientific engineering?

Question

With science getting into cloning stem cells and animals and body parts,

can science clone metals such as gold?

Answer 1

Gold is an element, you cannot turn one element into another without a nuclear accelerator.

There was an experiment where they turned a few atoms of platinum into a gold isotope using a nuclear accelerator.  There are only a few problems with this method:

1) Nuclear accelerators are expensive.

2) Platinum is more expensive than gold.

3) It only does a few atoms at a time.

4) The gold isotope is unstable, and only lasts a few days.

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Answer 2

It is called transmutation when scientists convert one type of atom into another.  It is possible, but requires a vast amount of energy and $, so it's not really worth it.