Webalchemists who sought to transmute metals were looking to change โ€œbase metalsโ€ into โ€œnoble metalsโ€, i. e.

Lead was one of the most common โ€œbase metalsโ€,.

Webover time, science has ruled out the early ideas of turning base metals into gold, but it hasnโ€™t quite done away with the practice of alchemy.

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