Podcast

Tin chlorides

2018-11-29T15:19:00Z

The compounds that put the 'tin' in tin cans and help you to reflect on your appearance

Podcast

Aqua regia

2017-07-13T16:23:00Z

Capable of dissolving gold and platinum to help make 99.999% pure metals, aqua regia deserves its royal status

News

Newton’s recipe for alchemists’ mercury rediscovered

2016-03-17T00:00:00Z

Isaac Newton’s handwritten copy of a 17th century alchemy paper has been bought by US historians

Opinion

A shared secret?

2015-08-26T00:00:00Z

Do chemistry and alchemy have a common ancestor, or are they separated by science, asks Philip Ball

Feature

Alchemy on the page

2015-03-05T00:00:00Z

Books used by alchemists offer insights into the relationship between these early chemists and their texts. Philip Ball investigates

Review

The chemistry of alchemy

2014-08-20T00:00:00Z

Try your hand at transmutation

Review

Chemistry: the impure science

2013-08-08T00:00:00Z

Pursuing purity

Feature

A fresh look at alchemy

2013-06-21T00:00:00Z

Lawrence Principe cracks the alchemists’ codes and discovers the sophisticated chemistry they used

Review

The secrets of alchemy

2013-04-25T00:00:00Z

Alchemy revisited