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Dr.Bob
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I have used a complex diamine before that was about $10/g and at one point had 4 gallons of it that someone had special ordered, and only used a
fraction of, worth about $16,000, as trying to return it for a refund...
Used to fret over chemicals that cost $100 or more, in last few jobs, I have spent $10,000 or more on rare sulfonyl chlorides, chiral amines, sets of
DNA starting materials, non-natural amino-acids, and other rare chemicals. But most were project critical for a big project, and that turns out to
be a small price compared to other big corporate costs. Worked at IBM 3 decades ago as a coop, and made about $10 million in chips a day. One
reagent we used as $300/gallon, and we used about 24 gallons a day in one process, which was done in multiple places a day. I found a way to cut
that by 3 gallons a day with no change in the process, and saved about a million per year for them. I got a nice thanks for it... After those
things everything seemed cheap.
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itsallgoodjames
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Quote: Originally posted by MrHomeScientist  | | Mine is by a wide margin my 1 troy ounce bar of rhodium, for my element collection. Based on today's spot price, I've lost quite a bit of money on it.
Oh well, at least I didn't buy when it was $10,000 an ounce! |
Now your bar of rhodium is worth about $26,000 based on the current spot price.
Nuclear physics is neat. It's a shame it's so regulated...
Now that I think about it, that's probably a good thing. Still annoying though.
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Metacelsus
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A few months ago I bought 1 mg of recombinant BMP2 for $5200. (I didn't pay for it personally, this was NIH grant money for my research.)
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itsallgoodjames
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I have 30µg of 241AmO2, purchased at a price of $20 per µg.
Nuclear physics is neat. It's a shame it's so regulated...
Now that I think about it, that's probably a good thing. Still annoying though.
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FrenchChemist
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Borane-ammonia complex
from what I remember 10g for around 400 EUR
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ChemichaelRXN
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Gaboxadol is quite an expensive compound, but not nearly as others out there. It is just one I ordered in bulk before.
You are the same perception looking out, from the same elements around the universe.
You are everything to be anything to begin with.
Https://you-are.space
Https://syntharise.com
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TheMrbunGee
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N1-(cyclopropylmethanoyl)-lysergic acid diethylamide, for price of 32 400 €/g 
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karlos³
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Thats pretty expensive for such a weak LSD analogue!
I think the most expensive thing I ever bought was palladium foil?
I don't remember the price, but it was like 60€ for 1,8g or so, which was actually not that expensive.
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TheMrbunGee
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As always price depends on quantity one buys, one can get it for 80k-19k/g before it is considered wholesale, of which I have no idea about pricing.
It is hard to judge actual amount on a bottler, And I have never checked if there are really 100 ug of substance on it and between different bottlers,
but if I can trust the supplier that there really is 100 ug substance on each bottler there was no significant diference between 1P, 1CP and regular
LSD based on "research" I personally have done. But there is no scientific value for this statement.
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pneumatician
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| Quote: Originally posted by phlogiston | | True, that is interesting, but is it not also interesting to learn about what exotic materials are sometimes bought at tremendous cost? I find it
fascinating that our society is able/willing to spend seemingly insane amounts of effort and money, often just to gain one little step of knowledge.
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Aluminium at first times it was more expensive than Gold... is a question of supply and demand :-)
buy low, sell...
if I can time travel in the 80's I think, with Gold at 30/oz I buy tones and sell it now at 1500-2000 :-)
yes, I purchased Gold at 1500€ :-(
And speaking of Gold, what metal do you think the same thing will happen to him soon? what metal is used in good amounts is necessary for rockets and
all this space race?
Rhodium?
Palladium?
Platinium?
...?
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Mush
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| Quote: Originally posted by pneumatician | | Quote: Originally posted by phlogiston | | True, that is interesting, but is it not also interesting to learn about what exotic materials are sometimes bought at tremendous cost? I find it
fascinating that our society is able/willing to spend seemingly insane amounts of effort and money, often just to gain one little step of knowledge.
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Aluminium at first times it was more expensive than Gold... is a question of supply and demand :-)
buy low, sell...
if I can time travel in the 80's I think, with Gold at 30/oz I buy tones and sell it now at 1500-2000 :-)
yes, I purchased Gold at 1500€ :-(
And speaking of Gold, what metal do you think the same thing will happen to him soon? what metal is used in good amounts is necessary for rockets and
all this space race?
Rhodium?
Palladium?
Platinium?
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Iridium , helium (colling in fusion will need a lot of helium) , copper (renewable energy systems needs copper) .
Anything is used in HDDs, SSDs (Chinese new cryptocurrency) and in chips .
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ChemTalk
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Ruthenium (bis) III bipyridyl chloride!
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Xanax
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I think my piece os iridium is the most expensive I have. About 1 gram, worth about $350. Well, I also have about 1 gram of platinum, osmium,
rutenium, gold and palladium, but not rhodium... My ampoule of cesium is worth about $100 also.
But if you count some substances, I bought for example 150 µg LSD for $10 a couple of yeras ago. And I had 0,26 µg of Am-241, it's high kilo-price
for that...
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LabDIRECT
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For us, I would have to say 2.5L of 20% Oleum - after the price itself which was north of $600, plus fees, special packing and shipping (hazmat
freight ONLY), it was over $1000.
Of course, we've bought 55 gallon drums, etc that cost more total but on a per ml basis, definitely Oleum.
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Fantasma4500
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100kg MgAl, after shipping/import costs roughly 3k euro
what a bunch of criminals.
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