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Alchemists in ancient times believed it was possible to change lead into gold through a process called transmutation. However, this belief has been debunked by modern science as a pseudoscience, as it is not possible to change one element into another in this manner.

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What Substance that can turn lead to gold?

Alchemy is a pseudoscience that claims to transmute base metals like lead into gold. However, there is no scientific evidence to support this claim, and it is not possible to turn lead into gold using any known substance or method.


How much does it cost to change lead into gold?

Lead can be turned into gold by changing the number of protons in the lead. This is done through physics and it difficult to do. It is not a process that is done by a jeweler but a physicist and can e expensive.


Why is it not possible to turn lead into gold by chemical reaction?

Lead and gold are elements, made up of completely lead and gold atoms, respectively. Elemental atoms cannot be created or changed. They can only combine to form molecules. An element can never become another element.


What will the philosophers stone do?

It was a magical substance, capable of changing lead into gold, or making someone immortal.


What is philosopher's stone meant by this term?

It was a magical substance, capable of changing lead into gold, or making someone immortal.


Why is phrenology considered a pseudoscience?

Why is phrenology considered a pseudoscience


Which type of science is a pseudoscience?

Science is not pseudoscience. The former is authentic, the latter is fake.


What is the difference in being imaginative in science and in pseudoscience?

science is real and pseudoscience is fake


What was the proces of transforming lead into gold?

There is no process to make gold out of lead.


Which is heaviest gold or lead?

Lead is heavier than gold. Gold has a density of 19.3 g/cm3, while lead has a density of 11.3 g/cm3.


How do you turn lead into gold?

Sell it, buy gold for the money. Technically is impossible to obtain gold from lead.


Why cant lead be made into gold?

Before Chemistry was a science, there was Alchemy. One of the supreme quests of alchemy is to transmute lead into gold. Lead (atomic number 82) and gold (atomic number 79) are defined as elements by the number of protons they possess. Changing the element requires changing the atomic (proton) number. The number of protons cannot be altered by any chemical means. However, physics may be used to add or remove protons and thereby change one element into another. Because lead is stable, forcing it to release three protons requires a vast input of energy, such that the cost of transmuting it greatly surpasses the value of the resulting gold.