Alchemy

Alchemt is a magical science. The best known goals of the alchemists were the transmutation of common metals into Gold or Silver, the creation of a Panacea, a remedy that would cure all diseases and prolong life indefinetely and the discovery of a universal solvent. The Philosopher's Stone, a substance created by Nicolas Flamel that can turn ordinary metal into pure gold, and produce the immortality-granting Elixir of Life beat two of these goals. Alchemy is covered on Advanced Potion-Making and is part of the sixth-year Potions curriculum at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. A less well known branch of Alchemy is Spagyric. There is a Center for Alchemical Studies that studies alchemy.