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To: Richard Mazzarella who wrote (5172)	2/25/1998 11:27:00 AM
From: Bob Walsh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14226

Regarding "transmutation". Be careful, there is a problem due to definition. Dictionary definition of transmutation: (1) the change from one nature, substance or form into another. (2) ........ (3) ........ (4) (in alchemy) the (attempted) conversion of a baser metal into gold or silver. Some (many?) people when they hear the word "transmutation" associated with metals think of the fourth definition: the (attempted) conversion of a baser metal into gold or silver. They think of the devil's worker using black magic (or whatever) to turn a copper object into a gold object (as set forth in old books and movies). Some people are trying to use the word "transmutation" to describe the refining of dds into PGMs since the traditional methods of refining would not yield PGMs. It seems to me that this is a gross misuse of the word. What is really being done (I think) is the unlocking or separation of the PGMs from the material that surrounds it. There is certainly no conversion of a baser metal into gold or silver and probably no change from one nature, substance or form into another. Here again though we get into definitions and possibly endless arguments. Regards, Bob