Timeline for Real "Alchemical Transmutation" of Some Other Mineral Into Gold? [closed]
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| Jan 25, 2019 at 18:58 | comment | added | BonnetBee | I guess I'm kind of looking for general ideas to build a world around? I think it was more of a curiosity question, but now it's given me the idea of "Magic" producing some sort of nuclear-style power? That could actually open up some REALLY interesting possibilities in multiple directions... | |
| Jan 25, 2019 at 15:10 | history | closed |
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| Jan 25, 2019 at 13:32 | comment | added | Jeroen Mostert | Rutherford famously remarked "don't call it transmutation, they'll have our heads off as alchemists" when his colleague applied the word to nuclear transmutation. The alchemists of old could never have guessed at the actual processes that can turn lead into gold, though. | |
| Jan 25, 2019 at 7:50 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jan 25, 2019 at 7:34 | comment | added | Mołot | Google changing lead to gold in particle accelerators. It was done. | |
| Jan 25, 2019 at 7:09 | comment | added | Kilisi | I've worked out a method to reliably transform ice into water... not ready to publish yet.. so just between us...., but stay tuned (Y) | |
| Jan 25, 2019 at 3:17 | history | edited | L.Dutch♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 25, 2019 at 3:12 | comment | added | JBH | To be fair, this technically isn't a worldbuilding question. Compare it to this question where the "technology" of transmutation is being applied in a worldbuilding context. For future reference, that's the kind of question we prefer to see posted: one where there is a defined and specific worldbuilding application. Cheers! | |
| Jan 25, 2019 at 1:30 | answer | added | jdunlop | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jan 25, 2019 at 0:54 | answer | added | user535733 | timeline score: 14 | |
| Jan 25, 2019 at 0:52 | comment | added | BonnetBee | Oh... Thanks, I actually didn't know that? I somehow never got put in a chemistry class in highschool, so I might have some reading to do on the subject XD | |
| Jan 25, 2019 at 0:47 | comment | added | jdunlop | As background for an already-given answer, gold is an element. This means that it has no composite elements, chemically speaking. | |
| Jan 25, 2019 at 0:46 | answer | added | Arkenstein XII | timeline score: 11 | |
| Jan 25, 2019 at 0:43 | comment | added | Alexander | Related: Is it possible to obtain gold through nuclear decay? | |
| Jan 25, 2019 at 0:40 | history | asked | BonnetBee | CC BY-SA 4.0 |