Prices of elements and their compounds

This table lists the elements by their name and gives some historical prices for them and their commonly traded compounds. The first of the two price columns shows the price in US dollars per kg of the compound specified. The second shows the USD price per kg of element in the compound. Dates on prices facilitate forex conversion.

Elements of only short half-lives are unlikely to be traded on a secondary market outside of nuclear lab production, and were therefore excluded from the main table. The current cutoff excludes elements with atomic number greater than 105. They have no isotope with a half-life greater than 1.5 hours and are listed separately later.

Element[1]			Compound
Name, Symbol, Number			Compound/form/isotope	Conditions of price	Price ($/kg) By compound weight	Price ($/kg) By element weight	Date	Ref.
Actinium	Ac	89
			^225Ac 99% pure	$1203/mCi with permit		$100> [2]	Fiscal year 2003
Aluminium	Al	13
			P1020A (=>99.7% Al)	LME official cash ask	1.309	up to 1.313	Jan. 27, 2009 fixing
Americium	Am	95
			^241AmO2 powder >99%	gram units in steel cont.	$728,000 (oxide?)		Sept. 1998
			^243AmO2 powder >99.9%	mg units, NRC Form 741	$180,250,000 (ox.?)		Sept. 1998
Antimony	Sb	51
			=>99.65% pure	CIF US port	5.67-6.24		Jan. 25, 2009
			=>99.65% pure	Free on board China	4.10-4.30		Jan. 28, 2009
Argon	Ar	18
			-
Arsenic	As	33
			min 99% pure		1.433		Jul. 08, 2010
Astatine	At	85
			-
Barium	Ba	56
			Barium chromate 99%		100		July 11, 2010
Berkelium	Bk	97
			-
Beryllium	Be	4
			-			$7480
Bismuth	Bi	83
			min 99.99% pure		18.7		Jul. 08, 2010
Boron	B	5
			-			$11140
Bromine	Br	35
			-			$50
Cadmium	Cd	48
			min 99.95% pure		4.19		Jul. 08, 2010
Caesium	Cs	55
			-			$11000
Calcium	Ca	20
			-			$200
Californium	Cf	98
			-
Carbon	C	6
			-			$24
Cerium	Ce	58
			Cerium(IV) oxide (CeO2), 99%	Free On Board China	1.92-3.64	1.56-2.96	Qly avgs. Q1-Q3 2007
Chlorine	Cl	17
			-			$1.50
Chromium	Cr	24
			99.9%, Electrolytic Vac Melt Grade	FOB North America	9.59	9.59	2005-10-31
Cobalt	Co	27
			min 99.8& pure	Aerospace application	~46		Jul. 08, 2010
Copper	Cu	29
			Commodity copper	LME Cash off. fix. bid	5.225-8.284	5.225-8.284	2007-10-18-2007-10-18
Curium	Cm	96
			-
Dubnium	Db	105
			-
Dysprosium	Dy	66
			Dysprosium(III) oxide (Dy2O3), 99%	Free On Board China	85.50-91.5	66.00-70.64	Qly avgs. Q1-Q3 2007
Einsteinium	Es	99
			-
Erbium	Er	68
			-			$5400	[3]
Europium	Eu	63
			Europium oxide, 99%	Free On Board China	255-369.6	-	Qly avgs. Q1-Q3 2007
Fermium	Fm	100
			-
Fluorine	F	9
			-			$1900
Francium	Fr	87
			-
Gadolinium	Gd	64
			min 99% pure	FOB China	19.5		July 8, 2010
Gallium	Ga	31
			min 99.99% pure	CIF Main Airport	~525		July 8, 2010
Germanium	Ge	32
			min 99.99% pure	CIF Main Airport	~940		July 8, 2010
Gold	Au	79
			Gold coin			53000	Feb 03, 2013
Hafnium	Hf	72
			pure			$1200
Helium	He	2
			-			$52
Holmium	Ho	67
			-			$8600		[4]
Hydrogen	H	1
			Gas	99.99+% in bulk at plant, pre-tax	0.7-4.1	0.7-4.1	2004
			Liquid	99.99+% in bulk at plant, pre-tax	2-7	2-7	2004
Indium	In	49
			min 99.99%		~590		July 8, 2010
Iodine	I	53
			-			$83
Iridium	Ir	77
			-			$42000
Iron	Fe	26
			-			$72
Krypton	Kr	36
			-
Lanthanum	La	57
			Lanthanum oxide (La2O3), 99%	Free On Board China	2.31-3.86	1.72-2.87	Qly avgs. Q1-Q3 2007
Lawrencium	Lr	103
			-
Lead	Pb	82
			Commodity lead	LME Cash off. fix. bid	1.514-3.975	1.514-3.975	2007-01-01-2007-10-18
Lithium	Li	3
			pure			$270
Lutetium	Lu	71
			pure		$2400	$340000 (?)		2003 [5]
Magnesium	Mg	12
			min 99.9% pure		~5.8		July 8, 2010
Manganese	Mn	25
			99.7% min	FOB China	1.5	1.5	2005-11-25
Mendelevium	Md	101
			-
Mercury	Hg	80
			99.99%	?	17.4	17.4	2005-10-25
Molybdenum	Mo	42
			Molybdenum oxide Mo 57%		~30		July 8, 2010
Neodymium	Nd	60
			Neodymium oxide (Nd2O3), 99%	Free On Board China	24.18-37.19	18.14-27.89	Qly avgs. Q1-Q3 2007
Neon	Ne	10
			pure			$330
Neptunium	Np	93
			-
Nickel	Ni	28
			Commodity nickel	LME Cash off. fix. bid	25.050-54.050	25.050-54.050	2007-01-01-2007-10-18
Niobium	Nb	41
			pure			$180
Nitrogen	N	7
			99.999%UHP 311scf cyl.	at U of Florida	3.04	3.04	Sept. 1, 2006
			99.999%UHP 249scf cyl.	at U of Arizona	5.61	5.61	Sept. 1, 2008
			99.9995% Liquid Nitrogen	own still	0.074	0.074	Oct. 2008 YTD avg.
Nobelium	No	102
			-
Osmium	Os	76
			pure			$77000
Oxygen	O	8
			pure			$3
Palladium	Pd	46
			pure			$58330
Phosphorus	P	15
			pure			$300
Platinum	Pt	78
			Platinum 99.95%			~54000	Feb 03, 2013
Plutonium	Pu	94
			pure	Plutonium is not generally legal to own.[6]		$4,000,000
Polonium	Po	84
			-
Potassium	K	19
			pure			$1000
Praseodymium	Pr	59
			Praseodymium oxide (Pr2O3), 99%	Free On Board China	22.60-36.25	16.86-27.04	Qly avgs. Q1-Q3 2007
Promethium	Pm	61
			-
Protactinium	Pa	91
			-			$280,000
Radium	Ra	88
			-
Radon	Rn	86
			-
Rhenium	Re	75
			pellets min 99.9%		~5,000		July 8, 2010
Rhodium	Rh	45
			min 99.9% pure		~80,000		July 8, 2010
Rubidium	Rb	37
			pure			$12000
Ruthenium	Ru	44
			pure			$14000
Rutherfordium	Rf	104
			-
Samarium	Sm	62
			Samarium oxide (Sm2O3), 99%		2.40-4.27	1.82-3.23	Qly avgs. Q1-Q3 2007
Scandium	Sc	21
			pure			$14,000
Selenium	Se	34
			min 99.5% pure		~85		July 8, 2010
Silicon	Si	14
			min 98.5% (5-5-3)	FOB P.R.C. China	2.25-2.50		July 8, 2010
Silver	Ag	47
			Silver bullion			1022	Feb 03, 2013
Sodium	Na	11
			pure			$250
Strontium	Sr	38
			pure			$1000
Sulfur	S	16
			pure			$500
Tantalum	Ta	73
			Tantalite basis 30% Ta205		~150		July 8, 2010
Technetium	Tc	43
			-
Tellurium	Te	52
			pure			$240
Terbium	Tb	65
			Tb metal 99% min	FOB China	650		July 8, 2010
			Terbium oxide		571-609.3		Qly avgs. Q1-Q3 2007
Thallium	Tl	81
			pure		$480
Thorium	Th	90
			-
Thulium	Tm	69
			-			$70000		[7]
Tin	Sn	50
			Commodity tin	LME Cash off. fix. bid	9.625-16.675	9.625-16.675	2007-01-01-2007-10-18
Titanium	Ti	22
			Ti sponge TG100 12x25mm	Long term contract	8		July 08, 2010
Tungsten	W	74
			Ammonium paratungstate	FOB P.R.C. China	0.24	24	July 8, 2010
Uranium	U	92
			Yellowcake (0.7% ^235U)
			Depleted (0.2-0.4% ^235U)
Vanadium	V	23
			Vanadium pentoxide 98% min		14.33		July 8, 2010
Xenon	Xe	54
			pure			$1200
Ytterbium	Yb	70
			pure			$14,000
Yttrium	Y	39
			min 99.9% pure	FOB China	45		July 8, 2010
Zinc	Zn	30
			Commodity zinc	LME Cash off. fix. bid	2.699-4.474	2.699-4.474	2007-01-01-2007-10-18
Zirconium	Zr	40
			pure			$1570

These elements above 105 were excluded from the above table:

Highly unstable elements
Name	Symbol	No.
Bohrium	Bh	107
Copernicium	Cn	112
Darmstadtium	Ds	110
Flerovium	Fl	114
Hassium	Hs	108
Livermorium	Lv	116
Meitnerium	Mt	109
Moscovium	Mc	115
Nihonium	Nh	113
Oganesson	Og	118
Roentgenium	Rg	111
Seaborgium	Sg	106
Tennessine	Ts	117

See also

• Element collecting

References

1. Names taken from Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry - IUPAC Recommendations 2005, Table I
2. mCi/kg = [Avogadro's number]/[atomic weight]*(1-10^(log(.5)/[half-life in seconds]))/37000
3. http://www.chemicool.com/elements/erbium.html
4. http://www.chemicool.com/elements/holmium.html
5. Stephen B. Castor and James B. Hedrick. "Rare Earth Elements" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-06-06.
6. Gray, Theodore (2010). The Elements.
7. http://www.chemicool.com/elements/thulium.html