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Encyclopedia > List of alchemical substances

Alchemical studies produced a number of substances, which were later classified as particular chemical compounds or mixtures of compounds. For other uses, see Alchemy (disambiguation). ... There are millions of possible objects that can be described in science, too many to create common names for every one. ... A chemical compound is a chemical substance consisting of two or more different chemically bonded chemical elements, with a fixed ratio determining the composition. ...

  • Flowers of sulphur - formed by distilling sulphur.
  • Luna cornea - silver chloride, formed by heating horn silver till it liquifies and then cooling.
  • Lapis solaris (Bologna stone) - barium sulfide - 1603, Vincenzo Cascariolo
  • Lunar caustic/lapis infernalis - silver nitrate, formed by dissolving silver in aqua fortis and evaporating.
  • Liver of sulphur - formed by fusing potash and sulphur.
  • [Lime] - Formed by burning pure calcium.
  • Lye - potash in a water solution, formed by leaching wood ashes.
  • Spiritus fumans - stannic chloride, formed by distilling tin with corrosive sublimate.

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