Over the course of several months, we determined that up to 20% of the mass in the target sample underwent nuclear transmutation into a variety of elements not found in the original sample. We used X-ray spectrum microanalysis and mass-spectrometric studies to determine this. Surprisingly, the products of these explosive reactions did not exceed the background values for radiation. This went against our initial expectations, because our concept of self-organizing synthesis of nuclear structures created by a coherent shock action does not assume the production of unstable atomic nuclei. After several hundred analytical studies of measuring the post-experimental composition of our target samples, it became clear that the statistical mean curve of the abundance of chemical elements created in our experiments are close to those characteristic in the Earth’s crust. The main difference is that the concentration of heavy elements was somewhat higher in our targets, most noticeably in the element lead (Pb). In view of the enhanced stability of the double-magic nucleus 208Pb, we were not surprised by this fact.
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