19 most expensive substances on the planet

We often think that gold and diamonds are the most expensive things. But not so, there are many precious and expensive materials on the earth, thousands of times more expensive than diamonds, even surpassing people's imagination.

19. White mushroom 5 USD / gram, 2000 USD / pound (453.5 grams)

This mushroom is used to spice up a lot of dishes: pasta noodles, beef, eggs, rice. They are also made into white mushroom oil and can be added to almost any dish.

18. Saffron: 11 USD / gram (233 thousand VND / gram)

Ranked 16th in the list is Saffron, a substance that helps create aromas for dishes and cakes. Saffron is sold in two forms, powder and microfiber, depending on the intended use of the user.

17. Iranian salted sturgeon eggs 35 USD / gram - 1,000 USD / ounce (28 grams)

This premium dish is eaten cold and served as an appetizer with biscuits or bread.

16. Platinum 48 USD / gram - 1,365 / ounce (28 grams)

In addition to making jewelry and making prizes, platinum is also used in the medical industry with the production of anti-cancer drugs.

15. Gold: 56 USD / gram (1.18 million VND / gram)

It's a bit surprising that precious metals like gold are only ranked 15th in this list. Pure gold is very soft, so it is often mixed with silver, copper, platinum or palladium to increase the durability of gold. Gold alloys are often used as jewelry, decorations, coins and dental fillings. In addition, gold has another characteristic: good thermal conductivity, good electrical conductivity and no tarnish when exposed to air, so it is also used as a semiconductor and connecting electronic boards together.

14. Rhodium: 58 USD / gram (1.23 million VND / gram)

William Hyde Wollaston, an English chemist (who also discovered palladium) found Rhodium in a platinum ore (platinum). Rhodium in Greek means "red" but the name does not match it. Rhodium itself is often used to increase the rigidity and conductivity of other metals.

13. Platinum: 60 USD / gram (1.27 million VND / gram)

Platinum is really a special substance, it is valuable in both industry, decoration and in the medical and environmental industries . More than 20% of consumer goods are either made from platinum or contained platinum. In addition, platinum is also used as jewelry, catalysts in electronic devices and in combination with other substances in some antiseptic drugs .

12. Methamphetamine: USD 100 / gram (VND 2.11 million / gram)

Methamphetamine is a highly addictive and highly addictive stimulant as well as a very negative effect on the health of users, even in the case of detoxification, the addicts also cannot easily stop using this substance. .

11. Rhino horn: USD 110 / gram (VND 2.32 million / gram)

Rhino species are being hunted aggressively and are at high risk of extinction just because of their rumors that the horns are effective in treating diseases. Sadly, many scientific studies show no convincing evidence of the effect of rhino horn on human health.

In Vietnam, rhino horn is a very valuable thing, so the number of rhino individuals in the wild is significantly reduced when people decide to destroy them because of a single horn that has value. know how.

10. Heroin: 130 USD / gram (2.75 million VND / gram)

Heroin is made from morphine (a substance extracted from poppy plants). Heroin is usually in the form of white or brown powder and is also known by some other names such as "smack," "H," "skag,", "junk" . This is a highly addictive substance and often The example is "white death", "brown fairy". However, the profits from the illegal sale of heroin are "extremely high" that has led many people to defy their lives, even to fight back against police, armed forces to make money from heroin.

9. Cocaine: 215 USD / gram (4.55 million VND / gram)

Cocaine is also among the highly addictive substances and is extracted from the leaves of Erythroxylon coca, a plant native to the Andean plateau in South America. Cocaine is considered the most powerful stimulant of natural origin. Interestingly, the name Cocaine came from "coca" factories when Coca-Cola first added 9 mg of this in each of its glass ice water bottles (1903), but later The company replaced it with other materials.

8. Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD): 3000 USD / gram (63.52 million VND / gram)

Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) is considered to be the most expensive drug on this list. This is a substance that can hallucinate people with a small dose. When using drugs, users will have uncontrollable behaviors and often lead to very unpredictable consequences. So it's best to stay away from it and give up the idea of ​​trying LSD even once.

7. Plutonium: 4000 USD / gram (84.7 million VND / gram)

Plutonium is a radioactive element famous for its role in generating nuclear energy through thermonuclear reactions - both in peacetime (nuclear power plants) and in war (nuclear bombs). Plutonium is very toxic and flammable but the amount in nature is quite small, which leads to the high price of this substance and is included in the list of substances that are preserved and used according to strict regimes. tight.

6. Painite: USD 9000 / gram (VND 190.5 million / gram)

Discovered and named by Arthur CD Pain in 1950 but at that time not many people knew what Painite was. Until recently, some Painite boulders of a size large enough to cut into gemstones were discovered, so much attention was paid to it. However, the amount of Painite in nature is extremely rare, which explains why only 1 gram of Painite has cost more than VND 190 million.

5. Taaffeite gemstone: USD 20,000 / gram (VND 423.5 million / gram)

Discovered in 1945, Taaffeite attracts "connoisseurs" of gemstones because of its mysterious and luxurious purple color. And obviously, Taaffeite is considered one of the most expensive gemstones today.

4. Tritium: USD 30,000 / gram (VND 635.2 million / gram)

Tritium is radioactive isotope of hydrogen and synthesized in nuclear reactions (including nuclear tests). In the study, it is used in fusion reactor fish and in neutron machines. In everyday life, Tritium is mixed with glowing substances to create a continuous light source without batteries, for example as a point of view for rifles .

3. Diamond: 55,000 USD / gram (1.16 billion VND / gram)

They are made of carbon elements but diamonds with cubic crystal structures are much more stable and sparkling than graphite. Diamonds with extremely high hardness and thermal conductivity are also quite good, in industry people use diamonds to make metal cutting and polishing knives. In particular, diamonds are a regal jewelry and have been exploited by humans for a long time in nature. Today, humans have been able to create artificial diamonds but of course the value is not made of diamonds formed from nature.

2. Californium 252: USD 27 million / gram (VND 571.2 billion / gram)

Californium-252 is a rare radioactive isotope used in radiography, a source of activation of reactors and use in cancer treatment and a number of other sciences. However, it is also noted that Californium 252 is very toxic in direct contact with the human body and that it may cause cancer in humans if used incorrectly.

1. Antimatter: 6.25 trillion USD / gram

Antimatter exists in the form of particles, having the same mass as normal particles but different in properties. When ordinary particles and antimatter particles meet, they create a huge energy source that exists in the form of high-energy photons (neutrons), neutrinos . The reason for antimatter is expensive because it is difficult. to create them and their applications and of course this is the most expensive material in the world today.

Only 1 gram of antimatter can substitute for all the shuttle fuel. Energy from an antiparticle reaction is 10 billion times a chemical reaction, which can shorten the round-trip time between Mars and Earth from 2 years to several weeks.

Reference: learni