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Chemistry: how to model alchemy

How can I demonstrate or model alchemy in a way that my classmates will remember?

Mychelle W.
chemistry class - Philadelphia, PA, United States
2005

Find the right ratio of copper and silver to mix together to make gold.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
(Ted can offer longterm or instant help)
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2005

2005

Take a giant vat of mercury and start picking out the protons :-)

hmm on second thoughts the mercury will probably make em forget...

best to take one bottle of platinum and 1 bottle of protons, add to a cocktail shaker and shake until it turns gold

Peter Van de Luecht
- Melbourne, Vic, Australia

I seem to recall reading about fraudulent alchemists would would roam the towns of Europe using slight-of-hand and other magician-style tricks to demonstrate their "power" and then swindle people out of their money. Magic is always a crowd pleaser. Beyond that, the serious alchemists were just people who wanted to be scientists but didn't quite know how. You can get more from Google/Wikipedia/your local library.

Ray Kremer
Stellar Solutions, Inc.

McHenry, Illinois

2005

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