Atoms Blog: expensive elements

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For my atom blog, I chose to focus on two of the most expensive elements on the periodic table. First we need to understand what the periodic table! The periodic table is a tabular display of the chemical elements, which are arranged by atomic number, electron configuration, and recurring chemical properties. It was created by Dmitri Mendeleev on March 6th of 1869. It was presented to the Russian Chemical Society.


The most expensive element is Francium, atomic number 87. The price of the element per gram is $1,000,000,000! It’s so expensive because of the fact that its half-life is only 22 minutes. The largest amount of it produced was more 300,000 atoms. Francium is very radioactive and extremely rare. It has been estimated that there might be from 340 to 550 grams of francium in the earth's crust at any one time.
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The second most expensive element is Californium, atomic number 98. The price of this element per gram is $25,000,000. Californium is used to attract other elements such as gold. It is not flammable, as much as people think it is, and it is rare. This element is rarely used but has been used for some cancer treatments and neutron gauge, a moisture meter utilizing neutron scattering.
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These are extremely costly elements and I was surprised to Francium first, instead of Californium. In the future I think Francium will eventually die out! I’ll give the element about 5 years to live! In 5 years, Californium will start to become scarce and end up on another planet. I think different planets will soon attract common elements too.

https://moneyinc.com/most-expensive-elements-in-the-world/

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