metallic transmutations by acetic acid

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Health reasons prevented R. A. Monti to present the paper to ICCF-9.

We wish to thank Hal Fox for publishin it now in !. ". #.

Roberto A. MontiResear$her. IA%F-C"R

Resear$h &ire$tor. Monti A'eri$a Corporation

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*erardina A. Cesarano MontiResear$h Assistant

Monti A'eri$a Corporation

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Metallic Transmutations induced by Acetic Acid.

Abstract

A si'ple test $an show the trans'utation of Mer$ur+ into *old, provin that

avoisiers /rin$iple is experi'entall+ roundless and that Al$he'+ is an

#xperi'ental %$ien$e.

The "Principle" of Lavoisier.

In his Traite Elementaire de Chimie, avoisier ives 0the ke+ and the rules of the

new s+ste' of Che'istr+0. 123

4n vol. I5, p.267, we $an read( 0"ew 1ter'3( *old. 4ld 1Al$he'i$3 $orrespondent(

%un0.8he des$ription of *old is then followed b+ the state'ent( 0It see's i'possible that

for $enturies %e$ts of Al$he'ists tried to $hane less pre$ious ele'ents into *old0.

Fro' the point of view of avoisier( 0In all Che'i$al Rea$tions the sa'e uantit+ of

'atter is present before and after the rea$tions0. 123

avoisier $onseuentl+ h+pothesi:es that in a Che'i$al Rea$tion trans'utations fro'

one ele'ent to another do not o$$ur 10/rin$iple0 of avoisier3.

4ne $annot, for exa'ple, 'ake *old fro' Mer$ur+ b+ 'eans of a Che'i$al

Rea$tion.

avoisier was a ver+ talented and well-edu$ated 'an. 8he fa$t that he was tr+in to0translate0 the 0old0 Al$he'i$ ter'inolo+ into the 0new s+ste' of Che'istr+0

shows that he was aware of Al$he'+.

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We $an $ertainl+ suppose, for exa'ple, that he had within his rasp the fa'ous

Biblioteque des Philosophes Chimiques of %al'on, 1276;3 with the works of *eber

and Filalete. 1;3

In *ebers Summa Perfectionis the first step to prepare the /hilosophi$al Mer$ur+ 1a

pe$uliar iso'eri$ $onfiuration of Mer$ur+3 1<3 is 0to purif+ Mer$ur+ with oodvinear0. 1=3

In his Principles, point 6, Filalete states $learl+ that 0it is ne$essar+ to wash the

Mer$ur+ with vinear and %ala''onia$0. 1>3

Moreover, in his Open Entrance to the Closed Palace of the King , Filalete states

una'biuousl+ that( 0Mer$ur+ $an be$o'e the 'other of all the 'etals. Fro'

Mer$ur+, as a 'atter of fa$t, I $an obtain ever+thin, also the %un 1*old3 and the

Moon 1%ilver3, without the 8rans'utation #lixir0 1the /hilosopher %tone-a $atal+st

for the trans'utation of Mer$ur+ into *old3. 173

?nfortunatel+ avoisier $ould not test the 'etalli$ trans'utations indu$ed b+ A$eti$

A$id. 4r be$ause the $orrespondent $he'i$al rea$tion is ver+ slow and he was not

enouh patient, or be$ause durin the Fren$h Revolution, on Ma+ @, 269=, he was

beheaded, and $ould work no 'ore.

Preparing the components to destroy the nuclear waste.

Mer$ur+ "itrate is one of the $o'ponents that we use to destro+ the radioa$tive

nu$lear waste. 163*iven the hih $ost of pure Mer$ur+, #?CA" 8e$hnoloies asked if we had an+

proble' usin s$rap Mer$ur+ $o'in fro' #le$tri$ %wit$hes.

8he answer was( no obe$tions if the Mer$ur+ is enouh $lean.

Conseuentl+ >B of Mer$ur+ were bouht for a few dollars and eon 8heriault,

the head te$hni$ian of #?CA", de$ided to 0wash0 it with vinear, as 0he had seen to

be in use in a 'ine0. 1@3

4win to a stop in the preparation of the $o'ponents for the disposal of the nu$lear

waste, an a'ount of Mer$ur+ re'ained 0under washin0 for a few 'onths.

When it was used later, to obtain Mer$ur+ "itrate, . 8heriault draw our attention ona surprisin pheno'enon( at the end of the dissolution of Mer$ur+ in "itri$ A$id, a

few 'illira's of *old re'ained.

We 'ade i''ediatel+ a test( the 0untreated Mer$ur+0 was totall+ dissolved b+ "itri$

A$idD the Mer$ur+ 0treated0 with vinear left s+ste'ati$all+ tra$es of *old.

Aware sin$e 'an+ +ears about the role pla+ed b+ vinear and A$eti$ A$id in the

Al$he'i$ pro$esses 193, ba$k in Ital+ we de$ided to tr+ a si'ple appli$ation of the

/rin$iple of Eanalit+ 1a variation of 4$ka's ra:or3 163 on 2k of 0treated Mer$ur+0

whi$h we brouht fro' Canada.

We de$ided to prepare a 0tres bon vinaire0 1ver+ stron vinear3 and to $o'pare theeffe$ts with those of a 0bon vinaire0 1ood vinear3. 1=3

Conseuentl+ we divided in two parts our suppl+ of 0treated Mer$ur+0.

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We washed half of it 1>BB3 with white wine vinear and the other >BB with a

'ixture 1>B3 of white wine vinear and A$eti$ A$id, for ; 'onths.

After ; 'onths we took 2BB fro' the first >BB, and 2BB fro' the se$ond >BB.

When dissolved in "itri$ 2 to > the first 2BB ave 2<', the se$ond 2BB ave>>' of *old.

After two 'ore 'onths another 2BB of Mer$ur+ treated with the 'ixture of vinear

and A$eti$ A$id, ave @@' of *old.

We have 'ade *old 'an+ ti'es, in different wa+s, but the *old obtained dire$tl+

fro' Mer$ur+ in this wa+ is the 'ost beautiful we have ever seen. 1 see photographs3

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"Treatment" of the Mercury, to make old.

#xtra$t +our Mer$ur+ fro' Cinnabar 1H%3 b+ roastin, or et it fro' a Che'i$al%uppl+ Co'pan+. We suest at least 2k of Mer$ur+ 1two will be better3.

We have observed that the 0purified0 Mer$ur+ ives ver+ poor results be$ause in the

pro$ess of 0purifi$ation0 so'e properties are lost 1the Mer$ur+ oes in the wron

iso'eri$ $onfiuration3. 1<3

8he Mer$ur+ fro' #le$tri$ %wit$hes is usuall+ not purified. 8his is wh+ it works

better. Eest of all will work the Mer$ur+ fro' H%.

4n$e obtained +our Mer$ur+ 1we suest 2 or ; k 3 do the followin.

23 &ivide the Mer$ur+ in sto$ks of >BB.

;3 8ake a 2BB sa'ple fro' ea$h of the >BB and dissolve it into a solution of 2 to >

"itri$ A$id, heatin at about @BG. "or'all+ it will dissolve $o'pletel+. If not take

note of what re'ains.

<3 /ut the re'ainin =BB in a lass $ontainer 12 liter err !ars are ood3.

=3 /repare a solution of 2; liter white wine vinear and 2; liter of A$eti$ A$id.

>3 /ut 2; liter of the 'ixture into the !ar, so that the Mer$ur+ will be $o'pletel+

$overed.

73 %hake the !ar b+ hand for a few 'inutes until the Mer$ur+ is redu$ed to tin+

beads, so that the surfa$e in $onta$t with the liuid is a 'axi'u'.

63 &o the shakin one or two ti'es a da+.

@3 After about two weeks so'e kind of slude $o'es out fro' the Mer$ur+ and0$overs0 it.

If +ou have two !ars( a3 +ou $an keep one $lean shakin and substitutin the

solution with a new 2; liter. %ave the 2; liter solution in another err !ar. In one

da+ the slude will o to the botto' and +ou $an re$over and use aain the $lean

'ixture. b3 ust shake the solution in the se$ond !ar one or two ti'es a da+. ook

if there is an+ differen$e in the final results.

93 After about two 'onths 1with Mer$ur+ fro' H%3 +ou $an 'ake the first test(

take 2BB of the 0treated Mer$ur+0 and dissolve it in 2 to > "itri$ A$id 12BB$$

"itri$ A$id >BB$$ water3 at about @BG. Jou should find the kind of *old shownin the photoraphs.

2B3Jou $an repeat the dissolution ever+ 2> da+s three 'ore ti'es 1for ea$h err

!ar3. /a+ attention to $hane the lids of the err !ars at least ever+ 2> da+s. 8he

Mixture of vinear and A$eti$ A$id is ver+ $orrosive( it will 0eat0 the lids of the

err !ars.

223 After havin dissolved the Mer$ur+ pour the solution and $lean the *old 1keep it

in the beaker3 with a 'ixture 2 to ; "itri$ A$id 12BB$$ "itri$ A$id ;BB$$

distilled water3. /our the 2 to ; "itri$ A$id and wash the *old with water.

/our the water and dr+ the *old in the beaker on a hot plate.2;3 ook with a 'i$ros$ope and anal+:e +our *old.

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When anal+:ed with %#M 1#le$tron Mi$ros$ope3 it will show onl+ *oldD but

when dissolved in A$ua Reia for IC/ it will show( 2B Mer$ur+, 9B *old,

owin to its 0oriin0 fro' Mer$ur+. 8he sour$e of Mer$ur+ is i'portant owin to

the different iso'eri$ $onfiurations whi$h $an o$$ur in the Mer$ur+. Jou $an

'ake the $o'parison with different t+pes of Mer$ur+.

!onclusion.

8his experi'ent, in our opinion, is of reat dida$ti$ i'portan$e. 8he experi'ent $an

be easil+ reprodu$ed, at low expenses, in the laborator+ of an+ ?niversit+.

It see's not showin seasonal effe$ts and $an be started and $on$luded in a few

'onths.

It shows $learl+ that(

23 8he 0/rin$iple0 of avoisier is experi'entall+ roundless.

;3 Al$he'+ is an #xperi'ental %$ien$e.

We stronl+ suest it to the students of Che'istr+.

8he sour$e of Mer$ur+ is i'portant( better results are obtained takin the Mer$ur+

dire$tl+ fro' Cinnabar. 12B3

eferences.

23 A. . avoisier, Traite Elementaire de Chimie,1Italian #dition3,5ol. #$,

5eni$e, 269;.;3 *. %al'on, Biblioteque des Philosophes Chimiques, /aris, 276; .

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<3 R. A. Monti, 0ow #ner+ "u$lear Rea$tions( 8he Revival of Al$he'+0,

/ro$eedins of the International Conferen$e Space and Time, %t. /etersbur,

Russia, ;BB2, p.26@.

=3 *eber, Summa Perfectionis, #d. 8redaniel, /aris, 299;,5ol. ##, p.26.

>3 I. Filalete, 0/rin$iples0, In( !. %adoul, The Treasure of the Alchemists 1Italian#dition3, #d. Mediterranee, Ro'a, 296;, p.==.

73 I. Filalete, Open Entrance to the closed Palace of the King 1Italian #dition3,

/hoenix, *enova, 29@6, p.22.

63 R. A. Monti, 0"u$lear 8rans'utation /ro$esses of ead, %ilver, 8horiu' and

?raniu'0, ICCF-6 /ro$eedins, #"#C4, 5an$ouver, 299@, p.;7=.

@3 . 8heriault, /rivate $o''uni$ation to R.A. Monti.

93 %ee( *. Rupes$issa, On the Preparation of the true Philosopher Stone 1Italian

#dition3, #d. Atanor, Ro'a, p.=2D *. 8esti, Dictionary of Alchemy and Antiquary

Chemistry 1Italian #dition3, #d. Mediterranee, Ro'a, 29@B, p.6<.

2B3 F. "ardin, /rivate $o''uni$ation to R. A. Monti.

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