European Union that consider and evaluate. the health impact of all policy, not just. health policy. â¢ Social and economic policy can present. alternatives to increased health care spending. for maintaining and improving health.
One type of natural transmutation observable in the present occurs when certain radioactive elements present in nature spontaneously decay by a process that causes transmutation, such as alpha or beta decay. An example is the natural decay of potassium-40 to argon-40, which forms most of the argon in the air.
transmutation. 1  the act or process of transmuting. 2  the fact or state of being transmuted. 3  change into another nature, substance, form, or condition. 4  Biology. the transformation of one species into another. 5  Physics. any process in which a nuclide is transformed into a different nuclide, usually one of a different element. Alchemy. the supposed conversion of base metals into metals of greater value, especially into gold or silver.