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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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After going through the list we can see why Gold and Silver will always be the metals of choice for stackers.
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Canada
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Most of the poorer countries in the world use aluminum and a lot of the European Union before they all joined together used to use aluminum as the base for their coins. But nobody on here would consider aluminum as a bullion collectable due to it being worth less then a roll of aluminum foil at melt value with coins in the hundreds.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I guess if aluminum becomes a bullion commodity, then we will all be stacking empty soda pop and beer cans  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Don't forget about chromium.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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There was an email a while back from a PM company selling zinc bullion. I don't remember which one it was though. Everybody got a laugh and the stopped selling them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Rhodium is an inert member of the Platinum Group mostly used in catalytic applications. No catalyst is "inert".  |
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Well, the point is: who would buy rhodium? You don't want to get leukemia.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Well, the point is: who would buy rhodium? You don't want to get leukemia.
As I stated earlier, you are mixing up your elements. Rhodium is most certainly NOT radioactive and it will not give you leukemia. And yes Ed_B, "inert" was probably a poor choice of a word. "Impervious to most acidic and oxidative actions" would have been more correct. Edited by biokemist6
07/05/2012 11:00 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I own a few oz of Rhodium its a crap shoot metal maybe one day it will peak back at 10,000$ a oz
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Why do some people on Google say that Rhodium IS RADIACTIVE?
Does anyone here own rhodium?
How about anything that is radioactive?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Why do some people on Google say that Rhodium IS RADIACTIVE? There's this: Used nuclear fuels Main article: Synthesis of precious metals "Rhodium is a fission product of uranium-235; therefore, each kilogram of fission products contains significant amounts of the lighter platinum group metals including rhodium. Used nuclear fuel might be a possible source for rhodium. However, the extraction is complex and expensive, and the also present radioactive isotopes of rhodium would require a storage for several half-lives of the decaying isotopes in order to reduce the radioactivity. This makes this source of rhodium unattractive and no large-scale extraction has been attempted." |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Radiation? Well if you wanna get scared, many genuine gems on today's market have their colors changed to the more desirable colors via radiation treatment. And Swarovski crystals have some lead in them. Their makers don't really care about your health.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Indeed it would. Just don't try to stack too many of those in one place!  Quote:
And yes Ed_B, "inert" was probably a poor choice of a word. "Impervious to most acidic and oxidative actions" would have been more correct. Indeed... and probably reductive reactions as well. Hey, I did include a in my response. |
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