The discussion is quite interesting. I suggest not to throw mud on others and seriously take part in discussion.
The reactions are of many types. I spent my whole life playing with chemicals. I have very good collection of chemicals in my personal lab, these include those chemicals which homeopaths use in making potencies. Still I have no idea what you want to discuss about AgNo(3) reaction with C(2)H(5)OH.
If you react both reactant and new compound will form.
See: the reaction practically from my live web cam installed in the lab.
This is silver nitrate
Chemical Reaction is in progress.
At this stage, dr.mas is very right in pointing out that when “Beginning material†is changed into “Resulting substance†then you can’t count the previous beginning material for the second potency in Avogadro number. This number law is failed here.
Let me explain more, a chemical reaction is the material changing from a “beginning mass†to a “resulting substanceâ€. In the result of a chemical reaction, new material or materials are made, along with the disappearance of the mass that changed to make the new. Homeopathic substance Aconite or belladonna have so many inorganic and organic “COMPOUNDSâ€, few will react with water or alcohol during mother tincture formation, few are soluble in water or alcohol and few are not. Few will form new compounds during reaction and few will not but how Avogadro's Law (Avogadro's law: equal volumes of all gases, measured under the same conditions of temperature and pressure, contain the same number of molecules) is applicable throughout dilution process? This is beyond my comprehension.
This law was first known as “Avogadro's Hypothesisâ€. It was proposed in explanation of Gay-Lussac's Law of Combining Volumes, in which Avogadro also reasoned that elements could consist of 'molecules'. You can’t say, I took one drop of belladonna, because it has so many organic and inorganic compounds. Why not to say, I took one drop of calcium, phosphorous etc or one drop of alkaloids of belladonna.
There are few Belladonna Alkaloids; which can be prepared from belladonna plant.
Atropine (a component of belladonna obtained from belladonna that is administered via injection, eye drops, or in oral form to relax muscles by inhibiting nerve responses. Used to dilate the pupils and as an antispasmodic.)
Scopolamine HBr (Hyoscine HBr) (a component of belladonna which comes from a plant called "deadly nightshade," it causes drowsiness and amnesia and sometimes a sense of euphoria)
L-hyoscyamine (Anaspaz)
L-alkaloids of Belladonna (Belafoline)
Tincture of belladonna alkaloids (Belladonna Tincture, USP)
Homatropine HBr
Homatropine methylbromide
Methscopolamine (Pamine)
These were prepared by utilizing belladonna plant. How can you take one mole of all these inorganic and organic compounds just to demonstrate that 30x dilution does not have any molecule of belladonna by explaining avogadro’s equation. When simple alcohol can also form new compound with oxygen alone.
Alcohol plus oxygen becomes vinegar and a molecule of water.
C2H5OH + O2 --------- HC2H3O2 + H2O
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