Answer is: because they were using simple chemical reactions to transform elements, but that is possible only with nuclear reactions, which in that time were not possible to conduct.
Nuclear reactions can produce new elements, because number of protons and neutrons is changed, lead and gold have different atomic and mass numbers.
The electrons of an atom participates in a chemical reaction, chemical reactions involve the rearrangement of electrons, because there is transfer, loss, gain and sharing of electrons in chemical reactions, new elements are not formed.
The molecules are frozen in place but still vibrate
5.22*22^3 should be the answer
What did Dalton's atomic theory contribute to science?
Dalton's atomic theory proposed that all matter was composed of atoms, indivisible and indestructible building blocks. While all atoms of an element were identical, different elements had atoms of differing size and mass.
Answer:
Answer is given below.
Explanation:
Anode is that electrode where oxidation occurs. Cathode is that electrode where reduction occurs.
In cell representation, half cell present left to salt-bridge notation
is anodic system and another half cell present right to salt-bridge notation is cathodic system.
So anode is Cu and cathode is Ag.
oxidation: 
[reduction: 
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chemical equation: 
Oxidizing agent is that species which takes electron from another species. Here 
takes electron from Cu. Hence is the oxidizing agent.
Reducing agent is that species which gives electron to another species. Here Cu gives electron to . Hence Cu is the reducing agent.
