Is Indium considered a PM?
gecko109
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Current prices of the metal are approximately $500/kilogram according to my best research. That equals 50 cents/gram, or about $15.55 an ounce. PM or not PM?
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Geez is shininess all that matters?
John Marnard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920, page 235ff
The melting point of indium is 156.61 °C, boiling point is 2080 °C, specific gravity is 7.31
It is very maleable and used as an alloy with tin.
No, it's not a precious metal. Industrial perhaps, but not precious.
Not rare at all. The cost seems to be in refining it in pure form.
Sound a bit like lead, just more expensive and much, much lighter.
John Marnard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920, page 235ff
<< <i>Then how can Palladium be considered a precious metal..? >>
I have personal doubts on that as well.
Gold, silver, platinum, those are my precious metals.
I suppose uranium could be considered a precious metal under some definitions.
John Marnard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920, page 235ff
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<< <i>wouldn't you be dead the moment you held any uranium in your hand? Its a DM (death metal) ahhaha
In a word.......... no.
As depleted uranium many people are now dead, but they weren't holding it in their hand.
You may be thinking of plutonium.
John Marnard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920, page 235ff
<< <i>wouldn't you be dead the moment you held any uranium in your hand? Its a DM (death metal) ahhaha
Not that quickly, though prolonged exposure to uranium and other radioactive elements could eventually cause cancer as it did to Marie Curie.
In truth, U-238 is a fairly stable element with a half-life of over 4 billion years.