Ask Question
20 January, 08:10

Alchemists were medieval scholars and philosophers who were the forerunners of modern-day chemists. many tried repeatedly to transform lead (atomic number 82) into gold (atomic number 79). explain why they never did succeed.

+2
Answers (1)
  1. 20 January, 11:23
    0
    Answer is: because they were using simple chemical reactions to transform elements, but that is possible only with nuclear reactions, which in that time were not possible to conduct.

    Nuclear reactions can produce new elements, because number of protons and neutrons is changed, lead and gold have different atomic and mass numbers.

    The electrons of an atom participates in a chemical reaction, chemical reactions involve the rearrangement of electrons, because there is transfer, loss, gain and sharing of electrons in chemical reactions, new elements are not formed.
Know the Answer?
Not Sure About the Answer?
Get an answer to your question ✅ “Alchemists were medieval scholars and philosophers who were the forerunners of modern-day chemists. many tried repeatedly to transform lead ...” in 📙 Chemistry if there is no answer or all answers are wrong, use a search bar and try to find the answer among similar questions.
Search for Other Answers