The Secret of Lead into Gold
There is an ancient artform called alchemy. It is reality of the laws of nature in the interaction of forces of energy with elements. In it's most sexy form, it is a reality that one element can be changed into another element, as in lead into gold.
The process for this has been written of here in the fabled Philosopher's Stone, a whitish powder when added to lead turns that lead into a form of gold. I indulge in this writing because TL is a genius and a chemist and has educated me upon so very much, and at the base of all of this is the understanding in how lead is turned into a form of gold.
For those who scoff at this in their ignorance, it is explained in this way, as the world is overflowing with realities of the Philosopher's Stone.
All are familiar with gravy and pudding, and that is exactly what the Philosopher's Stone is in base, as it is a base starch which combines under heat with a fat, to transform from a liquid to a solid.
All are familiar with bronze. Bronze is nothing more than soft copper mixed with tin under heat, to form a new compound, which is superior to both in hardness and durability.
One must understand that in molecular nature, there are strings of molecules, and if one finds the correct substances which will attach to those molecules, then new compounds will be created.
Lubricants such as grease which are a necessity to this world, of the highest order, are such a long chain compound. It is a most interesting field as if one combines a metal like aluminum to crude oil or a hydrocarbon, the resulting grease will be stringy due to the long chains, but if one uses lithium, the grease will be smooth and buttery due to a shorter chain.
Examine carbon for example, as it comes in many forms as it is a base element. It can be hydrocarbon as in crude oil. It can be a vapor such as carbon dioxide and it can be a solid in the form of coal.
Carbon is a unique compound, as it joins with other elements to form the gas, solid and liquid, while thee most unique of all compounds in H20, in water, is capable of being gas, liquid and solid by natural means of temperature without heat or chemical reaction.
Water when frozen will become crystal. Carbon when heated will become crystal diamond in the opposite spectrum.
What Philospher's Stone does is combine an extra molecular chain to lead, which creates a form of gold. This new bond appears as gold, but in time it degrades. That is why the astute noticed from the start I stipulated this was a form of gold.
This compound gives in time an appearance like lead in oxidizing, but that is not the case in the least, as what is taking place is the chains are unstable and the substance starts giving off protons, and is a radioactive form. It retains the solid form, but in time begins taking on the appearance again of lead as the Philosopher's Stone degrades into a gas in time.
It is a fascinating alchemy really, as nature is in constant motion breaking down compounds and the more complex elements to the less complex and stable ones.
It is interesting that Philosopher's Stone can change light refraction for color to make a form of gold using heat, but can only accomplish this as a temporary measure.
As I only deal in exclusives here in the Lame Cherry in matter and anti matter, the reason no one ever made profit off of this is the reality is the process is only stable for 48 hours. It was not like one could create a pile of Philosopher's Gold and buy an estate as the courts would hang you in 3 days. It was not like one could purchase alternative wealth and abscond as 48 hours would get you 40 miles in a small world where you would be hung....not like you could as a Frenchman go unnoticed in Italy.
The better process would be to change the molecular structure of lead permanently. That though was not available to the alchemists of olde.
That is probably enough secrets into the workings of this as there is not a process to stabilize the lead into gold as I have learned upon inquiry.
It is just another adventure and another nuff said.
agtG 257y
