We do not, however, calculate the changes in composition during the supernova itself; as much of this process involves transmutation of one metal species to another in the stellar interior (where the metallicity remains (Z sim1)), we therefore limit the present discussion to the overall metallicity of the material.
The idea of all living things being linked through some sort of transmutation process predates Darwin's theory of evolution.
The activity finds its place within the roadmap for the evaluation of transmutation processes in ADSs, where currently measurements are performed on the zero-power ADS Guinevère at SCKCEN (Mol, Belgium), while in the future it is expected that MYRRHA will be the major high-power facility for performing this kind of studies and assessing the performance of a fast ADS.
His first openly recorded thoughts on transmutation literally involve the replacement of one species by another, descendant species by a process of rapid ("saltational") transformation.
Although Lamarck is better remembered for his false idea that this transmutation process occurred through the "inheritance of acquired characteristics," his fundamental concept of transmutation was a prescient preview of how evolution works.
This idea is in parallel with and central to the longer-term process of more complex forms arising via transmutation (evolution) from simpler forms.
Heterogeneous minor actinides transmutation is the process of loading neptunium, americium and curium in dedicated targets, generally located at the core periphery, in order to transmute these long-lived heavy nuclides into shorter-lived fission products.
Darwin's observations led him to view transmutation as a process of divergence and branching, rather than the ladder-like progression envisioned by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and others.
The industry claims that this process, called "transmutation," is an excellent way to get rid of plutonium waste.
This ritual of transmutation is precisely what the show centers around: the desire to transcend natural form in a process both beautiful and perverse.
