New Rhodium Bars For All Your Americans

I would have a hard time spending that kind of cash for anything with the word sponge in title, lol. Just can't wrap my mind around Rhodium in sponge form....

I would not mind one bit however to own one of those 1 oz. bars, be the only guy on the block with a 1 oz. Rhodium bar I would be willing to bet, lol....

That sounds like a real bubble price it once was at Swrbxxx, an now seems to be settled into more of a more stable shall we say price range right close to gold an platinum....

I'm thinking about buying one. Kitco buys back, right?
How bout your local coin dealer?

Isn't the reason rhodium bars are not popular because Rhodium is a very brittle metal?

Sponge form metals are very common in the chemical business. Typically, such metals are alloyed with aluminum, coarsely ground, and then the aluminum is partially leached out with aqueous sodium hydroxide. The metal is then water washed a few times, filtered under inert gas, and stored under water in lined metal cans with lids. If not water covered, these metals are sufficiently reactive that they will burst into flame upon contact with air. We used this to test catalytic activity. Get a few drops of the liquid with a bit of catalyst, place in a test tube, add methanol, swirl, let settle, and then put a drop of mostly catalyst onto a dry paper towel. If the catalyst is "hot", the paper will catch fire in a few seconds. Ah, the good old days!