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| Top 16 Most Expensive Materials In The World by ariyebaba(m): 1:19pm On Jul 31, 2016 |
These are the most expensive materials in the world. If you are buying anything and you found that they are far expensive, it could be as result of one of the materials included. Here are the top 16 most expensive materials in the world : NO 16 – SAFFRON - $11 / gram Saffron is a spice derived from the flower of Crocus sativus, commonly known as the "saffron crocus". Saffron crocus grows to 20–30 cm and bears up to four flowers, each with three vivid crimson stigmas, which are the distal end of a carpel. Nutrition Facts Saffron Amount Per 100 grams Calories 310 % Daily Value* Total Fat 6 g 9% Saturated fat 1.6 g 8% Polyunsaturated fat 2.1 g Monounsaturated fat 0.4 g Cholesterol 0 mg 0% Sodium 148 mg 6% Potassium 1,724 mg 49% Total Carbohydrate 65 g 21% Dietary fiber 3.9 g 15% Protein 11 g 22% Vitamin A 10% Vitamin C 134% Calcium 11% Iron 61% Vitamin D 0% Vitamin B-6 50% Vitamin B-12 0% Magnesium 66%
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NO 15 – GOLD - $56 / gram Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and the atomic number 79. In its purest form, it is a bright, slightly reddish yellow, dense, soft, malleable and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element Symbol: Au Melting point: 1,064 °C Atomic mass: 196.96657 u ± 0.000004 u Atomic number: 79 Electron configuration: [Xe] 4f145d106s1 Symbol of: Alaska, California Chemical series: Metal, Transition metal, Period 6 element, Group 11 element, Toxic heavy metal
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NO 14 – RHODIUM - $ 58 / gram Rhodium is a chemical element with symbol Rh and atomic number 45. It is a rare, silvery-white, hard, and chemically inert transition metal. It is a member of the platinum group. It has only one naturally occurring isotope, ¹⁰³Rh
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NO 13 – PLATINUM - $ 60 / gram Platinum is a chemical element with symbol Pt and atomic number 78. It is a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, precious, gray-white transition metal Symbol: Pt Electron configuration: [Xe] 4f145d96s1 Melting point: 1,768 °C Atomic number: 78 Atomic mass: 195.084 u Discovered: 1735 Discoverer: Antonio de Ulloa
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NO 12 – METHAMPHETAMINE - $ 100 / gram Methamphetamine (also called meth, crystal, chalk, and ice, among other terms) is an extremely addictive stimulant drug that is chemically similar to amphetamine
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NO 11 – RHINO HORN - $ 110 / gram A rhinoceros, often abbreviated to rhino, is one of any five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae, as well as any of the numerous extinct species. Wikipedia Scientific name: Rhinocerotidae Gestation period: White rhinoceros: 16 – 18 months, Black rhinoceros: 15 – 16 months, Indian rhinoceros: 16 months Mass: White rhinoceros: 2,300 kg, Black rhinoceros: 800 – 1,400 kg, Indian rhinoceros: 2,100 kg Lifespan: White rhinoceros: 40 – 50 years, Black rhinoceros: 35 – 50 years Speed: White rhinoceros: 50 km/h, Black rhinoceros: 56 km/h, Indian rhinoceros: 55 km/h Height: White rhinoceros: 1.7 – 1.8 m, Black rhinoceros: 1.3 – 1.8 m, Indian rhinoceros: 1.6 – 1.9 m
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NO 10 – HEROIN - $ 130 / gram Heroin is an opioid pain killer. It is also used less commonly as a cough suppressant and as an antidiarrhoeal. Heroin is used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects. Formula: C21H23NO5 IUPAC ID: (5α,6α)-7,8-didehydro-4,5-epoxy-17-methylmorphinan-3,6-diol diacetate Molar mass: 369.411 g/mol Melting point: 173 °C CAS ID: 561-27-3
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NO 9 – COCAINE - $ 215 / gram Cocaine, also known as coke, is a strong stimulant mostly used as a recreational drug. It is commonly snorted, inhaled, or injected into the veins. Wikipedia Formula: C17H21NO4 IUPAC ID: methyl (1R,2R,3S,5S)-3- (benzoyloxy)-8-methyl-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1] octane-2-carboxylate Molar mass: 303.353 g/mol Melting point: 98 °C Boiling point: 187 °C CAS ID: 50-36-2
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NO 8 – L S D - $ 3000 / gram Lysergic acid diethylamide, also known as acid, is a psychedelic drug known for its psychological effects. Wikipedia Formula: C20H25N3O IUPAC ID: (6aR,9R)- N,N- diethyl- 7-methyl- 4,6,6a,7,8,9- hexahydroindolo- [4,3-fg] quinoline- 9-carboxamide Molar mass: 323.43 g/mol Melting point: 80 °C CAS ID: 50-37-3
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NO 7 – PLUTONIUM - $ 4000 / gram Plutonium is a transuranic radioactive chemical element with symbol Pu and atomic number 94. It is an actinide metal of silvery-gray appearance that tarnishes when exposed to air, and forms a dull coating when oxidized. Wikipedia Symbol: Pu Discovered: 1940 Electron configuration: [Rn] 5f67s2 Atomic number: 94 Atomic mass: 244 u Melting point: 639.4 °C Discoverers: Joseph W. Kennedy, Glenn T. Seaborg, Edwin McMillan, Arthur Wahl
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NO 6 – PAINITE - $ 9000/gram OR $1800 / karat Painite is a very rare borate mineral. It was first found in Myanmar by British mineralogist and gem dealer Arthur C.D. Pain in the 1950s
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NO 5 – TAFFEIT – up to $ 20,000 / gram or $ 4000/karat Taaffeite is a mineral, named after its discoverer Richard Taaffe (1898–1967) who found the first sample, a cut and polished gem
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NO 4 – TRITIUM - $ 30,000 / gram Tritium symbol T or 3H, also known as hydrogen-3) is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen. The nucleus of tritium (sometimes called a triton) contains one proton and two neutrons, whereas the nucleus of protium (by far the most abundant hydrogen isotope) contains one proton and no neutrons
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NO 3 – DIAMOND - $55,000/gram Diamond is a metastable allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond
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NO 2 – CALIFORNIUM 252 - $ 27 million / gram Californium is a radioactive metallic chemical element with symbol Cf and atomic number 98. The element was first made in 1950 at the University of California Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, by bombarding curium with alpha particles. Wikipedia Symbol: Cf Atomic number: 98 Discovered: 1950 Atomic mass: 251 u Electron configuration: [Rn] 5f107s2 Discoverers: Glenn T. Seaborg, Albert Ghiorso Chemical series: Metal, Period 7 element, Toxic heavy metal, Actinide Californium-252, an isotope with a half-life of about 2.6 years, is a very strong neutron source. One microgram (0.000001 grams) of californium-252 produces 170,000,000 neutrons per minute. It is being used as a neutron source to identify gold and silver ores through a technique known as neutron activation
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NO 1 – ANTIMATTER - $ 62.5 trillion / gram In particle physics, antimatter is a material composed of antiparticles, which have the same mass as particles of ordinary matter but opposite charges, as well as other particle properties such as lepton and baryon numbers
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