How many elements can you legally own?
Unfortunately, even these can not all be collected. Elements such as technetium, promethium, thorium and uranium are radioactive and are hard to come by both in nature and on the market. However, through us, you can collect up to eighty-six elements.
What is the cheapest element to buy?
Chlorine, sulfur and carbon (as coal) are cheapest by mass. Hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and chlorine are cheapest by volume at atmospheric pressure. When there is no public data on the element in its pure form, price of a compound is used, per mass of element contained.
Can you buy all the elements?
It’s possible to buy reasonably complete sets of 90+ elements for between $300 and $1700 depending on the size and quality of samples you want. You’ll get a nice wooden box with a grid of bottles or vials arranged in the form of a periodic table.
What elements can you not collect?
Usually only the stable elements from hydrogen to bismuth (except the radioactive technetium and promethium) are collected, with the exceptions of the extremely long-lived thorium and uranium.
How much is francium worth?
Francium – approximately $1 billion per gram The cost of this element comes from the fact that its half-life is only 22 minutes.
Can you legally own neptunium?
And, while researching how to best score certain elements, you learn that, while it’s generally illegal to buy neptunium, you can get a sample by buying a 30-year-old smoke detector that uses americium, which eventually decays into neptunium.
Where can I find francium?
Francium is obtained by the neutron bombardment of radium in a nuclear reactor. It can also be made by bombarding thorium with protons.
How much does lutetium cost?
Pure lutetium metal is very difficult to prepare. It is one of the rarest and most expensive of the rare earth metals with the price about US$10,000 per kilogram, or about one-fourth that of gold.
Are any elements illegal to own?
It’s not illegal to own almost any element (plutonium and certain types of enriched uranium excepted), but there are very strict shipping restrictions for radioactive and otherwise potentially dangerous elements. “There’s a certain number of elements, and we’re not constantly making more of them.
Which metal appears as a silver color liquid at room temperature?
Mercury is the only metal that appears as a silver color liquid at room temperature. It was formerly named hydrargyrum and is also termed quicksilver. It is naturally available as cinnabar, which is a sulfide compound of mercury that produces red vermilion through grinding.
Is potassium a metal or nonmetal?
Potassium metal 99%. The health conscious will know that potassium is good for the heart and you can get plenty by eating bananas. Not too many people know, or care, that potassium is a silvery metal. A good reason for this is that it only stays a metal in the vacuum of space or when surrounded by a noble gas.
Why is potassium a silvery metal?
Not too many people know, or care, that potassium is a silvery metal. A good reason for this is that it only stays a metal in the vacuum of space or when surrounded by a noble gas. The slightest trace of oxygen – or most any other element for that matter – quickly reacts with it to form compounds.
Where can I buy mercury metal?
It is easy to buy mercury metal, as it is readily available by the kilogram, bottle, or flask. Obtaining ultra-pure, triple distilled mercury such as the samples Luciteria Science offers to our customer base is only modestly more difficult and the prices only slightly higher.