School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
Chempluschem. 2023 May;88(5):e202300091. doi: 10.1002/cplu.202300091. Epub 2023 Mar 28.
C. F. Wenzel was a chemist and an alchemist. He had deep knowledge of acids, bases and salts, and he was credited with the first formulation of the Law of Mass Action. Yet he was also an alchemist, who on the eve of the Chemical Revolution published his beliefs in transmutation and in the division of metals into their constituents, for which he was rewarded with the gold medal of the Royal Danish Academy of the Sciences. His promoter, Professor C. G. Kratzenstein, was himself a believer in transmutation, even if he voiced some reservations.
C.F. 温策尔是一位化学家兼炼金术士。他对酸、碱和盐有深入的了解，并且被认为是第一个提出质量作用定律的人。然而，他也是一名炼金术士，在化学革命前夕，他发表了自己对金属嬗变和金属分解成其组成部分的信仰，为此他获得了丹麦皇家科学学院的金牌。他的支持者 C.G. 克拉岑斯坦教授本人也相信嬗变，尽管他也提出了一些保留意见。
