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RE: Useless information #13 – The most expensive materials in the world
Mmmmh interesting, but I don't get it. At least for the antimatter part (I can't however watch the videos).
I would not classify antimatter as a material as it does not exist freely in nature and cannot be used for anything but scientific research. As soon as produced, if not stored, it indeed annihilates quickly. One has thus no time to do anything with it. And one cannot store it forever. And storing has also a cost. To add a few point to that.
Moreover, positrons and antihydrogens are two antimatter systems. One is way easier to produce than the other and the associated costs may be different.
All of this to say that I do not understand both the numbers and the classification as material :)
Yeah...I'm not sure I would call it "material" :)
Ok, it's the most expensive "thing" to produce but it's hard do compare with the other items in the list.
These rankings focused on costs regardless of utility and production/harvest method usually mix things as different as snake venom, cocaine and caviar.
I guess many people would answer diamond is the most expensive material of all, so it's still interesting to know this kind of things.
Diamond depends also on the quality I guess. But I am no diamond expert :)