That scene in Iron Man 2 when Tony Stark ‘creates a new element’. Is something like that possible, and how?

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That scene in Iron Man 2 when Tony Stark ‘creates a new element’. Is something like that possible, and how?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

The concept employed is concurrent with how it would be done. New elements are generally created by bombarding a target consisting of one element with a charged particle beam consisting of another.

But his setup is unlikely to accomplish that.

Anonymous 0 Comments

It is not possible to create a new element, but if you could, it would be because you have discovered an unknown configuration of data that does not line up with any other compound information presently known. Therefore, it would be the first of its kind of configuration.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Yes. There are actually human made elements in the periodic table! Everything above uranium (92) is man made

Anonymous 0 Comments

Yes, if we had technology that could keep an atom stable when removing electrons and with enough power to do so without creating an atom bomb explosion in the process. Then while adding electrons and protons to find a stable element in chosen environmental condition.

Remember Tony has Nanomachines and could manipulate machines at the atomic level.

There is quantum sized research and theories as well as Pim far far back in the past was able to reach the quantum level meaning technology could easily manipulate at the atomic level.

We right now barely are at the nano we are 3 generations of technology behind compared to marvel technology.

Anonymous 0 Comments

New element definitly not, there is no new elements to be found below the radiating ones. He could have found a new method to ‘create’ an compound of elements (material) though, that was hard to obtain before.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Yes. How?

– Combine existing elements to make something like plutonium. It’s a “new element” in the sense that the atoms coming out are different elements than the ones you put in, and it’s not an element we can find in nature. But it’s not a new scientific discovery. Scientists have known about plutonium for quite a while.
– Find an element slightly heavier than the ones we know about. It’ll probably be super unstable and break apart quickly — you’d be lucky if it lasts a couple seconds. So good luck upgrading your Iron Man suit or doing other crazy superhero stuff with it. But you’ll get a lot of credit for the scientific achievement!
– Find an element on an [island of stability](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_stability). Based on physics and patterns in the existing elements, some scientists suspect there might be (somewhat) stable elements way heavier than the ones we know, with specific predictable recipes that are impossible to make with the tech (and atoms) we have. Tony Stark might invent some kind of new tech that lets him build these elements.
– Build an atom out of antimatter. Yes, antimatter is real. Yes, we know how to create antimatter particles. Yes, you can take anti-electrons and anti-protons, and build anti-atoms out of them. No, most of the antimatter elements haven’t been built yet, because it’s super difficult to work with antimatter with today’s technology.

Anonymous 0 Comments

I heard the Bluray commentary. Jon Favreau said Stark created a new element to power his new arc reactor.

No. It is not possible. But he made a suit of armor out of scraps in a cave!