The Europeans from the Middle Ages.
The alchemists were unaware that atoms even existed.
(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
They were trying to convert lead into gold.
Some islamic alchemists are: Jabir ibn Hayyan, Al-Tughrai, Khalid ibn Yazid, Abu Bakr al Razi, Ibn Umayl etc.
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Cerium was not known by alchemists.
The alchemists were unaware that atoms even existed.
Most of the strongest Alchemists appear to be men.
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Alchemists believed that mercury could be transformed into other metals,including gold.
Alchemists believed lead to be the oldest metal. It was associated with the planet Saturn. Lead was once refered to as "salt of Saturn" by alchemists and early chemists
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The alchemists were trying to make gold out of ordinary things.
Alchemists could not turn metal into gold because gold is an element.
Alchemists tried to make GOLD from base metals. Scientists know that theoretically Gold can only be made by altering the number of protons in an atom. Alchemists did NOT know about protons etc., .
I don't think "alchemists" is the word you meant to use, because your question does not make sense. Alchemists are people who try to magically turn lead into gold, or otherwise magically turn one substance into another.