Question

Which of the following statements concerning nuclear bombardment and transmutation is/are correct?
1) Alpha particles emitted by natural decay processes do not have sufficient kinetic energy to penetrate and react with any nuclei.
2) Particle accelerators and other nuclear transmutation methods were a crucial component in the discovery of the lanthanide elements.
3) The discovery of new elements by bombarding other elements with high energy particles still continues to this day.
A) 1 only
B) 2 only
C) 3 only
D) 1 and 3
E) 1, 2, and 3

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