Their study of radium radioactivity had revealed that radium, as it decays, transmutes into helium. When light is reflected on black, it transforms and transmutes it. An alchemist, Sendivius, comes to court, and transmutes base metal into gold. Kimblee, however, transmutes Alphonse's body into explosive material before dying. Shin then transmutes these finds through a meticulous process of deconstruction, alteration, and restoration. Alphonse transmutes his soul in order to restore Edward's original flesh-and-blood arm.