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The Hive => Chemicals & Equipment => Topic started by: Vaaguh on May 15, 2004, 03:55:00 PM

Title: Prices on Silver
Post by: Vaaguh on May 15, 2004, 03:55:00 PM

What would be a normal price per gram for Silver metal?

The lowest prices i was able to find is 10 G for like 250 Euro / 295.051 USD.

Are these prices normal or am i being overcharged here?

Title: How pure do you need the metal to be?
Post by: Rhodium on May 15, 2004, 05:53:00 PM

That depends a lot on the purity - the more decimals after the 99.x % the more expensive it is. Sterling 925 (jeweller's silver) is 92.5% silver and 7.5% copper in most cases, and if that is good enough for you, the price is a tenth of your quote.

Title: ah that would be pure enough
Post by: Vaaguh on May 15, 2004, 07:19:00 PM

thanks for the tip, that would most likeley bee pure enough.

( a bit off topic)
Currently there is 5mmol 2c-h + 10 mmol silver sulfate + 10 mmol i2 stirring, lets hope things are gonna be good after 17 hours.

Title: Nice!
Post by: DrLucifer on May 16, 2004, 03:07:00 AM

Be sure to let us know how much 2C-I is yielded  :P
Silver metal? silver sulfate? Could it be that swi-you is trying to avoid paying large amounts of $$ for silver sulfate?  ;D  Is this possible?

Title: even cheaper than that
Post by: Polverone on May 16, 2004, 07:27:00 AM

1/10 that price would be about US $30 for 10 grams. A few weeks ago I got 62 grams (2 troy ounces) of 99.9% silver for US $12, in the form of bullion coins. It would have been a bit cheaper if I were willing to buy larger quantities at a time. Look for a coin dealer that has bullion coins/bars. Lab suppliers' prices for simple silver salts are ridiculous.

Title: you just look at the prices for metals on the...
Post by: Shane_Warne on May 18, 2004, 02:52:00 PM

you just look at the prices for metals on the current market.

SILVER
 
Silver USD/oz:                        $ 5.69
 

It's as cheap as 3 tins of baked beans mate. Precious metal dealer is the place to visit to invest.

Title: Metals Charts
Post by: ChemoSabe on May 19, 2004, 01:33:00 PM

http://www.kitco.com/charts/ (http://www.kitco.com/charts/)

Looks like it's a buyers market for palladium at the moment too. If you've ever had the interest in getting some of this metal for whatever reasons now looks like a decent time to invest.

The Auzzie palladium coins are cool.

Title: https://online.kitco.com/industrial/ Platinum...
Post by: Shane_Warne on May 19, 2004, 05:09:00 PM

https://online.kitco.com/industrial/ (https://online.kitco.com/industrial/)

Platinum grains, rods, wire, and even Pt plates.

Thanks ChemoSabe!

http://www.ausbullion.com/ (http://www.ausbullion.com/)

this one gives daily updates via email of metal prices. Ag, Au, Pd and Pt. They only have Ag and Au coins though.

Title: I love precious metals.
Post by: Osmium on May 20, 2004, 12:28:00 AM

I love precious metals. Right now I have silver, platinum, gold, palladium, ruthenium and iridium at home. Iridium kicks ass, it's soo damn heavy. I think I'm going to get more of it. I recently thought I would run out of iridium which I needed for a project I was working on. Until I weighted it. It looked like an estimated 4-5 grams or so, but actually it was over 30grams (sub-micron sized powder) in that tiny bottle it was stored in. Fucking cool stuff. I want more.

Title: Re: I recently thought I would run out of...
Post by: hest on May 20, 2004, 11:31:00 AM

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I recently thought I would run out of iridium which I needed for a project I was working on

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That is a common problem for most of us ;)