ALCHEMY AND CHEMISTRY

ALcHeMy ovEr CHemIsTRY 💣

what is alchemy ?

                                   Alchemy is an ancient practise shrouded in mystery and secrecy. Its practitioners mainly sought to turn lead into gold, a quest that has captured the imaginations of people for thousands of years. However, the goals of alchemy went far beyond simply creating some golden nuggets.

                                           Alchemy was rooted in a complex spiritual worldview in which everything around us contains a sort of universal spirit, and metals were believed not only to be alive but also to grow inside the Earth. When a base, or common, metal such as lead was found, it was thought to simply be a spiritually and physically immature form of higher metals such as gold. To the alchemists, metals were not the unique substances that populate the Periodic Table, but instead the same thing in different stages of development or refinement on their way to spiritual perfection.

                                           the main concept of alchemy is that it use to work on a principle that every thing in nature is connected 

 

history of alchemy😶

The word "alchemy"is thought to derive from an Egyptian word, 'chem' or 'qem,' meaning black -- a reference to the black alluvial soils bordering the Nile .We know that the Greek word 'chyma,' meaning to fuse or cast metals, established itself in Arabic as 'al kimia'—from which alchemy is derived." The Arabic role in the spread of alchemy is significant; many books on alchemy were translated into Arabic from the Greek before being introduced to European audiences.

in alchemy there use to represent the metals and substances with some symbols  and also use to store are prepare formulas using some sort of circles and start representation as shown in the above  figure 

Is alchemy real?👀

the fact alchemy is real as it is basic step for modern science chemistry but It is clear why alchemy was doomed to fail because it was based on a misunderstanding of basic chemistry and physics. Alchemists based their theories and experiments on the Aristotelian assumption that the world and everything in it are composed of four basic elements (air, earth, fire and water), along with three that were called "essential" substances: salt, mercury and sulfur. Today we know that the universe is made up of atoms and elements. Since lead and other metals are not composed of fire, air, earth, and water, it's not possible to adjust the percentages of those elements and turn them into gold.