List of alchemical substances

Alchemical studies produced a number of substances, which were later classified as particular chemical compounds or mixtures of compounds.

Many of these terms were in common use into the 20th century.

  • Luna cornea – silver chloride, formed by heating horn silver till it liquefies and then cooling
  • Spiritus fumans – stannic chloride, formed by distilling tin with corrosive sublimate

References
  1. Gray, Theodore (2014). Molecules. 151 West 19th Street New York, NY 10011: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. pp. 27–31. ISBN 978-1-60376-396-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. "Vitriol | chemical compound | Britannica".
  3. Gray, Theodore (2014). Molecules. 151 West 19th Street New York, NY 10011: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. pp. 27–31. ISBN 978-1-60376-396-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
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