Fumes from spirit cooker

[Alan de Enfield]

8 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

The usual way alchemists do it is to paint the lump of lead with gold paint. Quite a bit cheaper, then find an idiot to buy it.

 

 

 

 

At one point in time "Green" seemed to be an acceptable alternative to Gold.

[Mike Todd]

1 hour ago, TheBiscuits said:

Turning lead into gold is atomic physics.  Quite simple with the correct kit, at an eyewatering cost for the gold produced.

 

“It would cost more than one quadrillion dollars per ounce to produce gold by this experiment," Seaborg told the Associated Press that year. The going rate for an ounce of gold at the time? About $560.

 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-lead-can-be-turned-into-gold/

Is that not sub atomic physics?

[fittie]

Purest green, my wife made some, the problem is get it wrong and it just looks like snot. Not good.