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Why Alchemists were not successful to turn metal into gold?
Alchemists could not turn metal into gold because gold is an element.
Why don't we consider alchemists to be scientists?
Because the alchemists learned by trial and error they never tried to take their observations and draw conclusions.
Why were alchemists important?
they developed tools and techniques.
Who are some famous alchemists?
Isaac Newton.
Did alchemists know what elements were?
No. Only chemicals.
What important chemical comnination did the Chinese alchemists discover?
gunpowder, or the interaction of sulfur,saltpeter, and charcoal
What did alchemists call sulfur?
The divine spark, the active substance, the spirit of life.
Who were the the inventors of gunpowder?
It was the Tang Dynasty Chinese alchemists
Inventor of gunpowder?
Chinese alchemists invented gunpowder.
What are Chinese alchemists?
most Chinese people don't know it. I guess only Chinese historians know...
Why did the Chinese invented gunpowder?
The Chinese invented gunpowder for war reasons. They wanted an advantage over their enemy.This has nothing to do with why invented it but they invented it around A.D 800-850. Gunpowder was made up of saltpeter, charcoal, and sulfur.
What were the Chinese Alchemists and European Alchemists trying to do?
(sry for spelling) Chinese alchemists were looking for the secret to immortality for there emperor but they failed every time and the person who failed was sentence to death they be lived that to get to this goal they needed a philoshper stone European alchemists were diff rent thought they did not want immortality they wanted to be able to change rocks,silver,copper,etc in to gold so that they would have an endless supply
How do you say sulfur in Chinese?
You mean Sulfur.......Lieu Huang
What was the date of the invention of gun powder?
Gunpowder was formulated in the 9th century by Chinese alchemists
When did gunpowder originate?
9th century by Chinese alchemists searching for an elixir of immortality. Copied from Wikipedia-History of Gunpowder
What date was sulfur discovered?
In earlier times, Sulfur or Brimstone, was use widely my the Chinese for gunpowder in around the year 1044. BUT Antoine Lavoisier agued that it was an element NOT a compound in the year 1777.
When did the Chinese invent the gunpowder?
The Chinese invented gunpowder in 850 B.C.
