Cobalt (Co) - A silver gray blue metal found in the earth's crust. The blue pigment is used in jewelry and paint. Cobalt is mostly a bi-product of copper and nickel mining, but is also used as a magnetic, wear-resistant and high-strength alloy. Its atomic number is 27.
1. Are we too lax in our environmental controls?
Yes! 100% yes. Unfortunately, the earth is treated like a constantly renewable resource that we can use, deplete, and abuse without consequence. Environmental controls for chemical and mining companies are often stated but not strictly enforced. Big businesses tend to hide a lot of what they do by having their factories overseas or in poor communities where environmental policies are not as strictly enforced.
2. How might we reintegrate Alchemy and Chemistry?
Good question! Bringing back herbology as a means for viable treatment in TCM would be a good start. For me, herbal medicine has always been an incredible form of Alchemy and I am extremely saddened that it seems to be a slowly dying art. TCM schools are being slowly formed by the Western Medicine model and adding more Western methodology and decreasing the age old Alchemy of herbology. I am on the hunt for a good TCM alchemist to study with as a way to reintegrate and help save the dying art.
3. Do we really need to find these "superheavy" elements?
I don't think so. They don't seem that useful to me. Unless you're planning on building a spaceship. ;0)
Element - only one kind of atom, cannot be broken down, can exist as atom or molecule
Compound - combined two or more different elements, can be broken down chemically
Mixture - combined two or more diff elements, can be broken down physically
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