What Was Alchemy

question 71

Multiple Choice

What was alchemy?

• A) The belief that powers of nature could be revealed through observation of and experimentation with chemicals
• B) A belief that chemistry could transform natural materials
• C) A scientific process of application of chemicals to determine the physical universe
• D) A science to discover the physical properties of liquids
• E) The belief that all material properties were held together with chemical bonds

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