Chemical Experiments on the Radical Dissolution of Bodies

If the metal is treated original: "übersetzt." In this chemical context, it implies combining or reacting the metal with another substance. with phosphorus, it can be decomposed into its constituent parts.

Correction of the Concept of Radical Dissolution.

Radical dissolution original: "Radicalsolution." Derived from the Latin radix (root); this refers to a chemical process that reaches the very "roots" or essence of a substance, rather than just changing its surface. consists in complete penetration; that is: when the constituent substances of both the solvent and the object to be dissolved permeate one another.

Where this permeability does not exist, radical dissolution is impossible, and only a mechanical division is possible. In the latter, the substances do not act to separate one another, but rather act into one another; this is the reason why metallic calxes original: "Metallkalche." The powdery residue, now known as an oxide, left after a metal is burned. 18th-century chemists were fascinated by why this "ash" often weighed more than the original metal. increase in weight, whereas the radical decomposition of metals through phosphorus produces light, resin-like bodies.

During radical dissolution, a complete chemical penetration occurs; the bound internal constituents are attacked, and not merely the outer binding parts. Therefore, the solvent original: "Solvens." mixes entirely with its solute original: "Soluto.". In noble metallic bodies