Module: Transmutation / Chemische Veraenderungen
Sequence: 0.0. START
Branching Point: Transmutation and Chemical Changes
Sequence: 1.0. Level_02_Transmutation
Branching Point: Transmutation
Sequence: 1.1. Objektfolge 11120
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Slide: The Art of Separating, Transforming Precious Metals
Slide: The Art of Separating: Florentine Bottle for Aqua Regia
Slide: The Art of Separating: Dropper for Aqua Fortis
Slide: The Art of Separating: Retort Made of Green Glass
Slide: The Art of Separating: Ampulla
Slide: The Art of Separating: Hessian Crucible on Charcoal with Gripper
Slide: The Art of Separating: "Luter"-Cobalt
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Sequence: 1.2. ars distillandi
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Sequence: 1.3. Level_03_Transmutation
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Sequence: 1.3.1. Darstellung alchemischen Wissens_Michelspacher_1616
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Sequence: 1.3.2. Darstellung alchemischen Wissens_Stoltzius_1624
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Slide: Structuring Alchemy: Twelve Signs of the Zodiac
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Slide: Structuring Alchemy: Twelve Signs of the Zodiac
Slide: Structuring Alchemy: Twelve Signs of the Zodiac
Sequence: 1.3.3. Darstellung alchemischen Wissens_Maier_1749
Slide: Alchemy
Slide: The Elements
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Sequence: 2.0. Level_02_Chemistry
Branching Point: Chemical Changes
Sequence: 2.1. Objektfolge 11130
Slide: Analyzing Metals
Slide: Analyzing Metals: Blowpipe Instruments
Slide: Analyzing Metals: Exsiccator by Fresenius
Slide: Analyzing Metals: Analytical Balance
Slide: Volumetry
Slide: Volumetry: First Publication of Friedrich Mohr
Slide: Volumetry: Burettes with Stand
Slide: The Chemical Laboratory in the 20th Century
Slide: The Chemical Laboratory in the 20th Century: Ebullioscope
Slide: The Chemical Laboratory in the 20th Century: Melting and Ashing
Slide: The Chemical Laboratory in the 20th Century: Vacuum Filtration
Slide: The Chemical Laboratory in the 20th Century: Forced-air Burner
Sequence: 2.2. Lavoisier
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Sequence: 3.0 Repraesentationsformen des Laboratoriums (EH)
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Sequence: 4.0. Biografien
Slide: Theophrast Paracelsus (1493–1541)
Slide: Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779–1848)
Slide: Marie Curie (1867–1934)
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The Art of Separating, Transforming Precious Metals

In the 16th and 17th centuries, the sovereigns of Europe push ahead with the founding of glassworks. Because wood is both a fuel and a raw material, the forests shrink and croplands emerge.

Because glass is resistant to heat and chemicals and can be manipulated into any shape, its large-scale manufacture dramatically increases the potential for producing, transporting and handling aggressive liquids.

Aqua fortis and aqua regia, which separate silver and gold, the king of metals, by dissolution make it possible to determine the value of coins and jewelry. Alchemists and counterfeiters are revealed to be frauds. Just a stroke on a ceramic plate and one drop of an acid mixture to dissolve the sample expose the fakes.

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