Health reasons prevented R. A. Monti to present the paper to ICCF-9. We wish to thank Hal Fox for publishing it now in J. N. E. Roberto A. Monti Researcher. IASF-CNRResearch Director . Monti America Corporation E-mail: [email protected].it Gerardina A . Cesarano Monti Research Assistant Monti America Corporation E-mail: [email protected]Metallic Transmutations induced by Acetic Acid. Abstract A simple test can show the transmutation of Mercury into Gold, proving that Lavoisier's Principle is experimentally groundless and that Alchemy is an Experimental Science. The "Principle" of Lavois ier . In his Traite Elementaire de Chimie, Lavoisier gives "the key and the rules of the new system of Chemistry". (1) On vol. IV , p.176, we can read : "New (term): Gold. Old (Alchemic) corres pondent: Sun". The description of Gold is then followed by the statement: "It seems impossible that for centuries Sects of Al chemists tried to change less precious elements into Gold". From the point of view of Lavoisier: "In all Chemical Reactions the same quantity of matter is present before and after the reactions". (1) Lavoisier consequently hypothesizes that in a Chemical Reaction transmutations from one element to another do not occur ("Principle" of Lavoisier). One cannot, for example, make Gold from Mercury by means of a Chemical Reaction. Lavoisier was a very talented and well-educated man. The fact that he was trying to "translate" the "old" Alchemic terminology into the "new system of Chemistry" shows that he was aware of Alchemy . 1
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'atter is present before and after the rea$tions0. 123
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Rea$tion.
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the head te$hni$ian of #?CA", de$ided to 0wash0 it with vinear, as 0he had seen to
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4win to a stop in the preparation of the $o'ponents for the disposal of the nu$lear
waste, an a'ount of Mer$ur+ re'ained 0under washin0 for a few 'onths.
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few 'illira's of *old re'ained.
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A$idD the Mer$ur+ 0treated0 with vinear left s+ste'ati$all+ tra$es of *old.
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Al$he'i$ pro$esses 193, ba$k in Ital+ we de$ided to tr+ a si'ple appli$ation of the
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whi$h we brouht fro' Canada.
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Conseuentl+ we divided in two parts our suppl+ of 0treated Mer$ur+0.