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I'm writing a paper on alchemy. Is it really possible that someone could turn base metals into gold or make immortality elixirs? It's kinda hard to believe I know but many believed in alchemy in the middle ages. How did \"alchemists\" get away with that?

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User Echoashu
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It could possible for this to work but humans must know everything to what we want this item to be and what it is. So like know the complete molecule structure

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User Federico Baron
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Yes, it would be possible to turn a base metal into gold. An example of that would be the lead. In order to turn a metal like lead, what it needs is just to gain or loss protons. And also same goes to elixirs.
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