No. the word, itself, is descriptive of a fantasy process whereby one metal, say iron, it transformed into another (e.g. gold or silver).
From a very technical, chemical standpoint, elements can be transformed. However, great cost is usually involved. The process usually involves isotopes and radioactive decay.
Wel actualy, there is a way 2 trn a penny in2 silvr, and thn finaly gold. but rly, it is a trick of the eyes. it duznt rly trn 2 gold, but it looks amazingly liek it. so in mai opinion, alchemists werent smrt enuf 2 kno tht wat they had trns sumthing in2 wasnt gold, and made ppl believ they did.
so i wuld say alchemy existed. and yes, by equivilent exchange, elements can b transfrmd.
The synonym for alchemy is transmutation or transformation.
Early experimenters with alchemy were able to create chemical compounds by trial and error.The Wizard used his alchemy to bring to back to health.
St. Albertus Magnus is often referred to as the patron saint of alchemy. He was a medieval alchemist and philosopher known for his research in the natural sciences and his writings on alchemical processes.
Yes, studies of alchemy date back thousands of years to a time when he difference between alchemy and chemistry were unknown. Today very few scientists study alchemy because other fields of research like physics and chemistry have more practical applications, and are somewhat easier to logically comprehend.
if your thinking about alchemy like in Fullmetal alchemist the show, then making life would work, but the answer is no for alchemy in today's alchemy, as in making a penny turn to gold by the process of mixing chemicals.
No
Alchemy was a past medieval phenomenon based on making potions for certain reasons. So alchemy does exist to a certain extent now in modern society.
alchemy is an ancient practice where by people attempted to turn lead into gold, therefore making money from nothing
As of ay 2014, it is not possible to make silver in the Little Alchemy. This is because this element doesn't exist within the confines of the game.
Alchemy is an influential philosophical tradition whose early practitioners' claims to profound powers were known from antiquity. Several definitions of alchemy exist. Originally, alchemy was an ancient tradition of sacred chemistry used to discern the spiritual and temporal nature of reality, its structure, laws, and functions. Alchemy is often considered a predecessor to the modern science of chemistry.
It effects this world in no way what so ever because it doesn't exist, alchemists on the other side of the "gateway" use parts of this world for energy to preform alchemy.
If you mean "was there a proto-science called alchemy, that later developed into the science of chemistry" ... then yes. If you mean "did people studying alchemy make some valid discoveries that improved our understanding of the physical world" ... also yes. If you mean "do things like universal solvents and the philosopher's stone that lets you turn lead into gold exist" ... definitely not.
Bald eagles are endangered, but they really exist.
No, Medusa does not really exist. She is a fictional character from mythology.
Any magic exist in science; magic is a characteristic of pseudoscience and religion.
No, It does not exist!!
Bird+house=birdhouse! Really it's simple.