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Is there a way or has there ever been a case where protons are removed from the nucleus of an atom?

I don’t know much about atoms and science-y things, but I’ve been wondering if there ever has been an instance where protons were removed from the nucleus of an atom, or if there’s a theoretical way to do so.

If there has been, what affect did it have on the atom. If it’s purely theoretical, then how could it be accomplished

If it can’t be done, then why?
gpt
Yes, we can remove protons from a nucleus using various kinds of nuclear reactions.

If you're asking whether there exists any nucleus with only neutrons in it (besides a single neutron), no such nucleus is bound. There are only resonances, like the dineutron and the tetraneutron, which decay with half-lives on the order of 10^(-22) seconds.