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Jabir ibn Hayyan
Agathodaemon
Transmutation
Elixir of Life
Philosopher's Stone
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This year is his birth year.
What is 721 AD
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Where did Agathodaemon live?
What is late Roman Egypt
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Name some base metals that the alchemists used to try to transmute into gold or silver.
What is copper, lead, zinc, aluminum, nickel, and tin.
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True or false: the elixir of life could also bring bpeople from the dead.
What is true.
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Name the four stages of the Latin words 'Magnus Opus' and give the meaning of the word.
What is ‘nigredo (blackening)’, ‘albedo (whitening)’, ‘citrinitas (yellowing)’ and ‘rubedo (reddening)’. What is 'The Great Work".
200
The death year of this man.
What is 815 AD
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Name some of Agathodameon's strengths and weaknesses.
What is knowing methods and elements to help with his theories; few resources.
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Name the two ways you can transmute metals.
What is natural and artificial.
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Was the elixir of life said to be able to turn metals into gold and silver?
What is yes. Many alchemists hypothesized and believed that the elixir of life could be on of the things that, like transmuting, turn base metals to gold and silver.
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Name some synonyms of the philosopher's stone.
What is ‘White Stone’, ‘Vitriol’ , 'the powder', ' the tincture' and ‘Lapis Noster’
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Name at least three strengths or weaknesses he had.
What is knowledge, infallibility, determination; few resources.
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Did Agathodaemon perform science as we know it today? If so, how?
What is no, he had very few resources and limited knowledge than we do now about science.
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What is the difference between natural and artificial transmuting?
What is natural: occurs in unstable, radioactive elements, which decay into a series of other elements until a stable element is formed. Artificial: occurs when atoms of one element are attacked by particles in a nuclear reactor and are changed.
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What is the Mutus Liber, what did it hold in it, and what is its meaning in english?
What is a book that held pictures of a man and a woman performing chemical processes. It had no words, thus in english being named the "Mute Book".
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When heating the metals, what would happen if the metals turned black? Red? White?
What is when the color of the metal turned black, it meant that the old metal died and prepped up for revitalization. Red, transformation of the old metal into gold. White, transformation into silver.
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Name at least two ways that Jabir contributed to chemistry.
What is emphasizing systematic experimentation, freeing alchemy from superstition by proving science, and making base chemical lab equipment.
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How did Agathodaemon contribute to chemistry?
What is being remembered for his various descriptions of elements and methods in alchemy
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What was the main goal for alchemists when transmuting metals?
What is turning them into gold or silver.
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True or false: the elixir of life is said to have incredible healing powers and can also turn a person into an immortal being.
What is true.
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Name some things that the philosopher's stone was thought to do.
What is curing illnesses, prolonging life, and bringing about spiritual revitalization.
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What were at least three of Jabir's major contributions?
What is discovering hydrochloric and nitric acid, tartaric and acetic acids, making steel, preventing rust, and improving the chemical analysis of pigments and other substances.
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What are three of Agathodaemon's major contributions?
What is describing some elements and methods of chemistry, such as how to produce silver, and creating the 'fiery poison'.
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Define transmutation.
What is the conversion of one element into another by using nuclear reactions.
500
Define the elixir of life.
What is a medicinal or mythical potion that when taken, can provide a human with immortality.
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Define philosopher's stone.
What is an unknown substance, also called "red earth" or “the powder,” sought by alchemists in the medieval era for its supposed ability to transform base metals into precious ones, especially gold and silver.