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Transuranium elements are elements larger than uranium that are produced via transmutation.

a. True
b. False

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True.  Atoms with atomic numbers higher than 92 are not very stable and have half lives shorter than the age of the earth so they are not found naturally.  Due to that, the process of transmutation must be used to get atoms with the atomic number higher than 92.
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