String theory??? Alchemy???

Question

Does string theory prove that it is posible to transmute lead into gold?
l know string theory can't be proved and it is only a theory, but it is the best one we've got and if you intuit it its the most probable.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Technically, it is already possible to transmute lead into gold. It is simply non-cost efficient, and would happen one atom at a time, at an extremely slow rate, obviously. Regardless, string theory has no reason to prove whether alchemy is possible; rather, it should concentrate on explaining the emergence of this universe first.

Basically, it has been possible to convert lead to gold for quite some time; one atom at a time, with the cost of doing so quite expensive, and the time spent unimaginably long. It is simply a matter of trying to mutate the nucleus, and there is no scientific and exact way of doing so.

Answer 3

Yes. It also proves you can turn lead into an elephant, a light bulb, a sonic boom, a flash of UV light, or even, another question.

Sting theory just keeps harping on about the old hat saga matter=energy, adds a bit of everything is based in chaos, plus and the finest level of random vibrational energy. Therefore, different types of matter do not really vary much, but that's just a theory.

50/ 30 points please??
or i will just take some gold is you figure out the practicalities of alchemy in the next few minutes. If you figure out how to turn lead into elephants, i would like some of those too... please??

Hugs

Answer 4

Hi. All elements with atomic weights higher than iron (56) are almost exclusively made in supernova explosions. Some elements decay from the original mixture (cobalt-56, for instance) into other elements. Gold is also formed. Most changes give off energy and quite a few wind up as lead. This is physics and chemistry, of course, and has nothing to do with string theory which is more interested in sub-atomic processes.

Answer 5

it IS possible to change lead into gold, as it is also possible to change hydrogen helium then into carbon (the stars in the sky is doing this, and the reaction is called fusion) and changing Uranium and Plutonium into lighter materials (the reaction is called fission, we do this in nuclear power plants).

Theoritically, it is possible, but the money needed to change lead (or any substances) into gold would be extremely high, in which, it would surely exceed the price of the gold itself by a far par, which is why, until now, noone does that. We do know that even stars are unable to fuse materials that has higher mass than carbon (which has fairly relatively low mass), with it's tremendous intense heat, how could human get an energy higher than stars can achieve?

It does not need string theory to prove that lead can be changed into gold.

Answer 6

A theory doesn't prove anything. However string theory could answer allot of unsolved questions about the paranormal and stuff like that.

Answer 7

Of course. String theory says the smallest part of matter-energy is "a string"...

Something magic, something musical, like us.

If we can arrange in a proper way the strings... of course: it's possible to change lead in gold, my dear Don Nagual!

Answer 8

They've already used particle accelerators to turn lead into gold... just bang out a couple of protons and bling bling... problem is that it is more expensive to transmute the lead than the gold is worth...

Answer 9

string theory relates to alternate time lines of universal entities, so yeah ok 2 out of 3(0) aint bad

Answer 10

i never thought about that when i saw the Nova episode about string theory, but you may have something there. i am still wondering about the 7 extra dimesions in string theory.

Answer 11

you can turn gold into lead
but not the other way round