Prices of elements and their compounds

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This table lists the elements by their name and gives some recent 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 exluded 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			Compound
Name	Symbol	No.	Compound/form/isotope	Conditions of price	Price ($/kg) By compound weight	Price ($/kg) By element weight	Date	Ref.
Actinium	Ac	89
			²²⁵Ac (half-life 10 days)					[1]
Aluminium (Aluminum)	Al	13
			Commodity aluminium	LME Cash off. fix. bid	2.316-2.952	2.316-2.952	2007-01-01-2007-10-18	[2]
Americium	Am	95
			-
Antimony (Stibium)	Sb	51
			Purity > 99.65%	CIF US port	4.277	4.277	2005-11-25	[3]
Argon	Ar	18
			-
Arsenic	As	33
			-
Astatine	At	85
			-
Barium	Ba	56
			-
Berkelium	Bk	97
			-
Beryllium	Be	4
			-
Bismuth	Bi	83
			-
Boron	B	5
			-
Bromine	Br	35
			-
Cadmium	Cd	48
			-
Caesium (Cesium)	Cs	55
			-
Calcium	Ca	20
			-
Californium	Cf	98
			-
Carbon	C	6
			-
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	[4]
Chlorine	Cl	17
			-
Chromium	Cr	24
			99.9%, Electrolytic Vac Melt Grade	FOB North America	9.59	9.59	2005-10-31	[5]
Cobalt	Co	27
			-
Copper (Cuprum)	Cu	29
			Commodity copper	LME Cash off. fix. bid	5.225-8.284	5.225-8.284	2007-10-18-2007-10-18	[6]
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	[7]
Einsteinium	Es	99
			-
Erbium	Er	68
			-
Europium	Eu	63
			Europium oxide, 99%	Free On Board China	255-369.6	-	Qly avgs. Q1-Q3 2007	[8]
Fermium	Fm	100
			-
Fluorine	F	9
			-
Francium	Fr	87
			-
Gadolinium	Gd	64
			-
Gallium	Ga	31
			-
Germanium	Ge	32
			?	?	640-775	640-775	2007-03 - 2007-10	[9]
Gold (Aurum)	Au	79
			-
Hafnium	Hf	72
			-
Helium	He	2
			-
Holmium	Ho	67
			-
Hydrogen	H	1
			Gas	99.99+% in bulk at plant, pre-tax	0.7-4.1	0.7-4.1	2004	[10]
			Liquid	99.99+% in bulk at plant, pre-tax	2-7	2-7	2004	[11]
Indium	In	49
			-
Iodine	I	53
			-
Iridium	Ir	77
			-
Iron (Ferrum)	Fe	26
			-
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	[12]
Lawrencium	Lr	103
			-
Lead (Plumbum)	Pb	82
			Commodity lead	LME Cash off. fix. bid	1.514-3.975	1.514-3.975	2007-01-01-2007-10-18	[13]
Lithium	Li	3
			-
Lutetium	Lu	71
			-
Magnesium	Mg	12
			-
Manganese	Mn	25
			99.7% min	FOB China	1.5	1.5	2005-11-25	[14]
Mendelevium	Md	101
			-
Mercury (Hydrargyrum)	Hg	80
			99.99%	?	17.4	17.4	2005-10-25	[15]
Molybdenum	Mo	42
			-
Neodymium	Nd	60
			Neodymium oxide (Nd₂O₃), 99%	Free On Board China	24.18-37.19	18.14-27.89	Qly avgs. Q1-Q3 2007	[16]
Neon	Ne	10
			-
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	[17]
Niobium	Nb	41
			-
Nitrogen	N	7
			Ammonia (NH₃)		0.3-0.7	0.26-0.6	2nd half 2005	[18]
Nobelium	No	102
			-
Osmium	Os	76
			-
Oxygen	O	8
			-
Palladium	Pd	46
			-
Phosphorus	P	15
			-
Platinum	Pt	78
			-
Plutonium	Pu	94
			-
Polonium	Po	84
			-
Potassium (Kalium)	K	19
			-
Praseodymium	Pr	59
			Praseodymium oxide (Pr₂O₃), 99%	Free On Board China	22.60-36.25	16.86-27.04	Qly avgs. Q1-Q3 2007	[19]
Promethium	Pm	61
			-
Protactinium	Pa	91
			-
Radium	Ra	88
			-
Radon	Rn	86
			-
Rhenium	Re	75
			-
Rhodium	Rh	45
			-
Rubidium	Rb	37
			-
Ruthenium	Ru	44
			-
Rutherfordium	Rf	104
			-
Samarium	Sm	62
			Samarium oxide (Sm₂O₃), 99%		2.40-4.27	1.82-3.23	Qly avgs. Q1-Q3 2007	[20]
Scandium	Sc	21
			-
Selenium	Se	34
			-
Silicon	Si	14
			-
Silver (Argentum)	Ag	47
			-
Sodium (Natrium)	Na	11
			-
Strontium	Sr	38
			-
Sulfur	S	16
			-
Tantalum	Ta	73
			-
Technetium	Tc	43
			-
Tellurium	Te	52
			-
Terbium	Tb	65
			Terbium oxide		571-609.3		Qly avgs. Q1-Q3 2007	[21]
Thallium	Tl	81
			-
Thorium	Th	90
			-
Thulium	Tm	69
			-
Tin (Stannum)	Sn	50
			Commodity tin	LME Cash off. fix. bid	9.625-16.675	9.625-16.675	2007-01-01-2007-10-18	[22]
Titanium	Ti	22
			-
Tungsten (Wolfram)	W	74
			-
Uranium	U	92
			Yellowcake (0.7% ²³⁵U)
			Weapons grade enriched (90% ²³⁵U)	Not on free market
			Depleted (0.2-0.4% ²³⁵U)
Vanadium	V	23
			-
Xenon	Xe	54
			-
Ytterbium	Yb	70
			-
Yttrium	Y	39
			-
Zinc	Zn	30
			Commodity zinc	LME Cash off. fix. bid	2.699-4.474	2.699-4.474	2007-01-01-2007-10-18	[23]
Zirconium	Zr	40
			-

These elements above 105 were excluded from the above table:

Highly unstable elements
Name	Symbol	No.
Bohrium	Bh	107
Darmstadtium	Ds	110
Hassium	Hs	108
Meitnerium	Mt	109
Roentgenium	Rg	111
Seaborgium	Sg	106
Ununbium	Uub	112
Ununhexium	Uuh	116
Ununoctium	Uuo	118
Ununpentium	Uup	115
Ununquadium	Uuq	114
Ununtrium	Uut	113