The Alchemist: Turning Lead into Gold – Julie Yu

Is it possible to transmute lead into gold? Scientific American explains that “it is indeed possible—all you need is a particle accelerator, a vast supply of energy and an extremely low expectation of how much gold you will end up with.”For scientists and teachers who don’t have all that, there’s the golden rain experiment. In this video, Exploratorium Senior Scientist Julie Yu mixes lead nitrate Pb(NO3)2 (toxic to…… Continue reading The Alchemist: Turning Lead into Gold – Julie Yu