According to Greek history, a Greek scientist went running through the streets announcing that he had transformed lead into gold. Both lead and gold are elements. On the basis of what you know about...

According to Greek history, a Greek scientist went running through the streets announcing that he had transformed lead into gold. Both lead and gold are elements. On the basis of what you know about the nature of elements, explain why his rejoicing was short-lived.

Factors that increase the speed of chemical reactions include

a. increasing the temperature.

b. increasing the particle size.

c. increasing the concentration of the reactants.

d. catalysts.