15 Most Rare And Expensive Materials In The World
Sunday, Aug 16, 2020, 3:58 pm
By:James Fraser
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Most of us think gold, platinum or diamonds are precious and expensive. However, there are many materials on the earth and in the space that are unbelievably pricey. Precious metals and materials are expensive because they are not available in abundance. Here are fifteen most rare and expensive materials in the world that make metals like Gold look cheap!
13.Diamonds - $55,000 / gram
Diamond is a crystalline form of pure carbon. It is the hardest known mineral. We all know how diamonds are used in precious jewelry. These pricey carbon compounds are also used as industrial blades and knives because of their hardness. It is a known fact that only a diamond can cut another diamond. Natural diamonds are very expensive. The pure diamonds, with respect to other relevant factors, have a price tag of $55,000 a gram.
14.Californium - $27 million / gram
Californium is yet another rare and very expensive chemical substance. It is a radioactive metallic chemical element which can be found in periodic table, with atomic number 98. it was first made in 1950 by combining curium and alpha particles. A gram of Californium costs about $27 million. Californium doesn't exist on earth naturally. It can only be made.
15.Antimatter - $62.5 trillion / gram
To understand Antimatter, you first need to know what matter is. In terms of physics, matter is nothing but a substance that is made up of atoms and particles, and occupies physical space. Antimatter is just like matter, but has reversed electrical charge. In simple words, antimatter is a rare and highly powerful material that is available in very less quantities in space. Experts estimated that a gram of antimatter costs about $62.5 trillion.
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