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 known 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 [https://books.google.com/books?id=WDll8hA006AC&pg=PT852] | $1203/mCi with permit | $100> [2] | Fiscal year 2003 | [https://web.archive.org/web/20080309103222/http://www.ig.energy.gov/documents/CalendarYear2005/ig-0709.pdf] |
| Aluminium | Al | 13 | |
| P1020A (=>99.7% Al) | LME official cash, ask NL | $1.3-$2.5 | $1.3-$2.5 | 2002-2018 | |
| Americium | Am | 95 | |
| 241AmO2 powder >99% | gram units in steel cont. | $728000 (oxide?) | Sept. 1998 | |
| 243AmO2 powder >99.9% | mg units, NRC Form 741 | $180250000 (ox.?) | Sept. 1998 | |
| Antimony | Sb | 51 | |
| =>99.65% pure | CIF US port | $5-$7 | 2009-2018 | |
| =>99.65% pure | Free on board China | $4-$5 | 2009-2018 | [https://web.archive.org/web/20090131231948/http://asianmetal.com/Metal_News/index_product97_en.asp] |
| Argon | Ar | 18 | |
| - | $2-$3 |
| Arsenic | As | 33 | |
| min 99% pure | $1-$2 | 2010-2018 | |
| 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 | $17-$29 | 2008-2018 | |
| Boron | B | 5 | |
| - | $11140 | |
| Bromine | Br | 35 | |
| - | $50 | |
| Cadmium | Cd | 48 | |
| min 99.95% pure | $4-$5 | 2010-2018 | |
| Caesium | Cs | 55 | |
| - | $11000 | |
| Calcium | Ca | 20 | |
| - | $200 | |
| Californium | Cf | 98 | |
| - | synthetic | $27000000000 | [https://www.metalary.com/californium-price/] |
| Carbon | C | 6 | |
| - | $24 | |
| Cerium | Ce | 58 | |
| Cerium(IV) oxide (CeO2), 99% | Free On Board China | $1-$4 | $1-$4 | Qly avgs. Q1-Q3 2007 | [https://web.archive.org/web/20070911225551/http://www.lynascorp.com/page.asp?category_id=1&page_id=25] |
| Chlorine | Cl | 17 | |
| - | $1-$2 | |
| Chromium | Cr | 24 | |
| 99.9%, Electrolytic Vac Melt Grade | FOB North America | $7-$11 | $7-$11 | 2005-2018 | |
| Cobalt | Co | 27 | |
| min 99.8& pure | Aerospace application | $30-$93 | 2005-2018 | |
| Copper | Cu | 29 | |
| Commodity copper | LME Cash off. fix. bid | $5.1-$8.8 | $5.1-$8.8 | 2007-2018 | |
| Curium | Cm | 96 | |
| - |
| Dubnium | Db | 105 | |
| - |
| Dysprosium | Dy | 66 | |
| Dysprosium(III) oxide (Dy2O3), 99% | Free On Board China | $85-$350 | $65-$230 | 2007-2017 | [https://web.archive.org/web/20070911225551/http://www.lynascorp.com/page.asp?category_id=1&page_id=25] |
| Einsteinium | Es | 99 | |
| - |
| Erbium | Er | 68 | |
| - | $95-$900 | 2007-2017 | [3][4] |
| Europium | Eu | 63 | |
| Europium oxide, 99% | Free On Board China | $150-$370 | - | 2007-2017 | [https://web.archive.org/web/20070911225551/http://www.lynascorp.com/page.asp?category_id=1&page_id=25] |
| Fermium | Fm | 100 | |
| - |
| Fluorine | F | 9 | |
| - | $1900 | |
| Francium | Fr | 87 | |
| - |
| Gadolinium | Gd | 64 | |
| min 99% pure | FOB China | $19-$55 | 2010-2017 | |
| 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-$1700 | 2010-2018 | |
| Gold | Au | 79 | |
| Gold 24kt | $9600-$66600 | 2001-2018 | |
| Hafnium | Hf | 72 | |
| pure | $1200 | |
| Helium | He | 2 | |
| - | $52 | |
| Holmium | Ho | 67 | |
| - | $8600 | [5] |
| Hydrogen | H | 1 | |
| Gas | +99% in bulk | $0.7-$5 | $0.7-$5 | 2004-2018 | |
| Liquid | +99% in bulk | $2-$9 | $2-$9 | 2004-2018 | |
| Indium | In | 49 | |
| min 99.99% | $180-$1000 | 2005-2018 | |
| Iodine | I | 53 | |
| - | $83 | |
| Iridium | Ir | 77 | |
| - | $35000-$42000 | 2010-2018 | |
| Iron | Fe | 26 | |
| - | $0.019 - $0.072 | 2010-2018 | |
| Krypton | Kr | 36 | |
| - |
| Lanthanum | La | 57 | |
| Lanthanum oxide (La2O3), 99% | Free On Board China | $2.1-$3.9 | $1.2-$2.9 | Qly avgs. Q1-Q3 2007 | [https://web.archive.org/web/20070911225551/http://www.lynascorp.com/page.asp?category_id=1&page_id=25] |
| Lawrencium | Lr | 103 | |
| - |
| Lead | Pb | 82 | |
| Commodity lead | LME Cash off. fix. bid | $1.1-$4.1 | $1.1-$4.1 | 2007-2018 | |
| Lithium | Li | 3 | |
| pure | $270 | |
| Lutetium | Lu | 71 | |
| pure | $2400 | $340000 (?) | 2003 [6] |
| 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% | ? | $58 | $58 | 2018 | [https://www.metalary.com/mercury-price/] |
| Molybdenum | Mo | 42 | |
| Molybdenum oxide Mo 57% | $21-$33 | 2010-2018 | |
| Neodymium | Nd | 60 | |
| Neodymium oxide (Nd2O3), 99% | Free On Board China | $24-$39 | $18-$29 | Qly avgs. Q1-Q3 2007 | [https://web.archive.org/web/20070911225551/http://www.lynascorp.com/page.asp?category_id=1&page_id=25] |
| Neon | Ne | 10 | |
| pure | $330 | |
| Neptunium | Np | 93 | |
| - | $600000-$666000 |
| Nickel | Ni | 28 | |
| Commodity nickel | LME Cash off. fix. bid | $25-$55 | $25-$55 | 2007-2018 | |
| Niobium | Nb | 41 | |
| pure | $40-$180 | 2001-2018 | |
| Nitrogen | N | 7 | |
| 99.999%UHP 311scf cyl. | at U of Florida | $3-$4 | $3-$4 | 2006-2018 | [https://web.archive.org/web/20100530162423/http://www.purchasing.ufl.edu/Airgas%20Part%20Numbers%20Price%20List.pdf][https://web.archive.org/web/20090215093359/http://www.purchasing.ufl.edu/main_contracts-airgas.asp] |
| 99.999%UHP 249scf cyl. | at U of Arizona | $5-$6 | $5-$6 | 2008-2018 | [https://archive.is/20121212050810/http://www.uric.arizona.edu/cryogenics%20price%20list.htm] |
| 99.9995% Liquid Nitrogen | own still | $0.074 | $0.074 | Oct. 2008 YTD avg. | |
| Nobelium | No | 102 | |
| - |
| Osmium | Os | 76 | |
| pure | $13000-$77000 | 2008-2018 | |
| Oxygen | O | 8 | |
| pure | $3 | |
| Palladium | Pd | 46 | |
| pure | $8000-$33000 | 2008-2018 | |
| Phosphorus | P | 15 | |
| pure | $300 | |
| Platinum | Pt | 78 | |
| Platinum 99.95% | $28000-$80000 | 2008-2018 | [https://www.moneymetals.com/precious-metals-charts/platinum-price] |
| Plutonium | Pu | 94 | |
| pure | Not legal to own.[7] | $4000000-$5600000 | , [https://hypertextbook.com/facts/2008/AndrewMorel.shtml] |
| Polonium | Po | 84 | |
| - |
| Potassium | K | 19 | |
| pure | $1000 | |
| Praseodymium | Pr | 59 | |
| Praseodymium oxide (Pr2O3), 99% | Free On Board China | $22-$37 | $16-$28 | Qly avgs. Q1-Q3 2007 | [https://web.archive.org/web/20070911225551/http://www.lynascorp.com/page.asp?category_id=1&page_id=25] |
| Promethium | Pm | 61 | |
| - |
| Protactinium | Pa | 91 | |
| - | $280000 | |
| Radium | Ra | 88 | |
| - |
| Radon | Rn | 86 | |
| - |
| Rhenium | Re | 75 | |
| pellets min 99.9% | $35000-$168000 | 2008-2018 | [https://apps.catalysts.basf.com/apps/eibprices/mp/YearlyCharts.aspx] |
| Rhodium | Rh | 45 | |
| min 99.9% pure | $70000-$350000 | 2010-2018 | |
| Rubidium | Rb | 37 | |
| pure | $6000-$12000 | 2010-2018 | |
| Ruthenium | Ru | 44 | |
| pure | $2000-$14000 | 2010-2018 | |
| Rutherfordium | Rf | 104 | |
| - |
| Samarium | Sm | 62 | |
| Samarium oxide (Sm2O3), 99% | $2-$5 | $1-$4 | Qly avgs. Q1-Q3 2007 | [https://web.archive.org/web/20070911225551/http://www.lynascorp.com/page.asp?category_id=1&page_id=25] |
| Scandium | Sc | 21 | |
| pure | $4400-$15000 | 2007-2017 | [https://investingnews.com/daily/resource.../scandium.../scandium-price-need-to-know/] |
| Selenium | Se | 34 | |
| min 99.5% pure | $80-$280 | 2010-2018 | |
| Silicon | Si | 14 | |
| min 98.5% (5-5-3) | FOB P.R.C. China | $2-$3 | 2010 | , [https://price.metal.com/prices/silicon] |
| Silver | Ag | 47 | |
| Silver bullion | $500-$1500 | 2010-2018 | |
| Sodium | Na | 11 | |
| pure | $250 | |
| Strontium | Sr | 38 | |
| pure | $1000 | |
| Sulfur | S | 16 | |
| pure | $500 | |
| Tantalum | Ta | 73 | |
| Tantalite basis 30% Ta205, Tantalum Ore | $120-$160 | 2010-2018 | |
| Technetium | Tc | 43 | |
| - |
| Tellurium | Te | 52 | |
| pure | $240 | |
| Terbium | Tb | 65 | |
| Tb metal 99% min | FOB China | $420-$720 | 2010-2018 | |
| Terbium oxide | $400-$700 | 2010- | Qly avgs. Q1-Q3 2007 | [https://web.archive.org/web/20070911225551/http://www.lynascorp.com/page.asp?category_id=1&page_id=25] |
| Thallium | Tl | 81 | |
| pure | $480 | |
| Thorium | Th | 90 | |
| - | $500-$5000 | 2008-2018 | [https://science.energy.gov/nbl/certified-reference-materials/prices-and-certificates/uranium-thorium-ores-price-list/], [https://thenuclearmetals.com/Thorium/] |
| Thulium | Tm | 69 | |
| - | $20000-$70000 | 1998-2018 | [8] |
| Tin | Sn | 50 | |
| Commodity tin | LME Cash off. fix. bid | $16-$26 | $16-$26 | 2010-2018 | |
| Titanium | Ti | 22 | Tungsten | W | 74 | |
| Ammonium paratungstate | FOB P.R.C. China | $22-$55 | 2006-2018 | |
| Uranium | U | 92 | |
| Yellowcake 0.7% 235U, Depleted 0.2-0.4% 235U | Not legal to own.[9] | $15000000 (235U) | 2008-2018 | , [https://science.energy.gov/nbl/certified-reference-materials/prices-and-certificates/uranium-certified-reference-materials-price-list/] |
| (U3O8e) | $40-$75 | 2008-2018 | [https://www.eia.gov/uranium/marketing/] |
| Vanadium | V | 23 | |
| Vanadium pentoxide 98% min | $14.33 | July 8, 2010 | |
| Xenon | Xe | 54 | |
| pure | $1200 | |
| Ytterbium | Yb | 70 | |
| pure | $14000 | |
| Yttrium | Y | 39 | |
| min 99.9% pure | FOB China | $35-$45 | 2010-2018 | |
| Zinc | Zn | 30 | |
| Commodity zinc | LME Cash off. fix. bid | $2.1-$4.5 | $2.1-$4.5 | 2007-2018 | |
| Zirconium | Zr | 40 | |
| pure | $1570 | |
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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://mineralprices.com
5. ^http://www.chemicool.com/elements/holmium.html
6. ^{{cite news| publisher =|title =Rare Earth Elements| author = Stephen B. Castor and James B. Hedrick| accessdate = 2009-06-06| url =http://www.rareelementresources.com/i/pdf/RareEarths-CastorHedrickIMAR7.pdf}}
7. ^{{cite book|last=Gray|first=Theodore|title=The Elements|year=2010}}
8. ^http://www.chemicool.com/elements/thulium.html
9. ^https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/831