How did they attempt to change one metal to another?: Alchemy part five

Three of the most important things an alchemist had is mercury, sulfur and heat. Mercury easily unites with other metals, most likely due to its liquid state at room temperature. Alchemists called sulfur “the stone that burns” because it blows up on contact with water. Alchemists would roast the sulfur to prepare it. They would take amalgam (mercury combined with some other substances)  and would mix it with sulfur to create different colors of metals. Alchemists believed that less valuable metals (like lead) were immature and early versions of precious metals (like gold and silver). The processes that alchemists went through were to try and purify base metals (lead and other less valuable metals) by mimicking nature. They would do this by using pressure and heat, along with combining substances.

An illustration depicting an alchemist combining the philosopher's stone with gold to produce new gold.
An alchemist trying to create gold/Un alquimista tratando de crear oro - Credit/Credito: Britannica School High

¿Como trataron a cambiar un metal a otro?: Alquimia parte cinco 

 Los tres cosas que son los más importantes un alquimista tenía era mercurio, azufre y calor. Mercurio fácilmente unirse con otros metales, probablemente porque es un líquido en el température de habitación. Alquimistas llamaron azufre “la pierda que quemas” porque azufre explota cuando toques agua. Alquimistas azadón el azufre para preparar el. Ellos toman amalgam (mercurio con otros substancias) y se mezcla con el azufre para crear diferentes colores de metal. Alquimistas pensaron que metales con menos valor (como plomo) eran inmaduro y temprano versiones de metales con más valor (como oro y plata). Los procesos que alquimistas pasar por son para purificar metales bases (plomo y otros metales con menos valor) por imitando la naturaleza. Alquimistas lograron eso por usando presión y calor, a lo largo de mezclando sustancias. 


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Glossary/Glosario:

Amalgam - a substance that contains mercury and other substances/un sustancia que tiene mercurio y otros sustancias 

Base metal/metal bases - metals with less value, like lead/metales con menos valor, como plomo

Sources/Fuentes de información
Britannica School - High 
World Book - Student
Jewish Virtual Library 
Fact Monster
Periodic Table: Alchemy
Wonderopolis
Discovery Education
PBS
Ebsco Ebooks - Alchemy: Ancient and Modern
Image Quest

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