Highest value to mass ratio?

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: amnesiac
I was reading a trade magazine article about the markups on prescription drugs.

Some drugs, esp. for treatments of severe illnesses have disturbing markups when looked at price/mg of active ingredient.

I don't have any specific examples, but a couple of them were something like $1400 / .1mg, meaning it was a 14,000% markup.

 

[Crab cake]

In elemental form, Californium was at one time the most expensive element by weight on the Periodic Table. I've been away from academia for a while so I don't know it that still holds. But one doesn't really have to look into secret government labs to find insanely expensive creations. Cholesterol medications are notoriously expensive, as much as 100 times the cost of gold by weight. Opthalmic drops for glaucoma and blood-clotting agents for hemophelia are so expensive that special permission must be obtained before doctors can prescibed them at some hospitals.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: Howard
Anti-matter.

This is the most expensive thing I know of for sure, but when it's "realistically attainable", I'd have to go with bull semen. It's worth thousands of dollars an ounce and you can buy it from farmers.

 

[Fuzzmuncher]

Helium - how much $$ would it take to buy an ounce of that stuff

 

[Corporate Thug]

P4 EE or AMD FX53

 

[CaptainGoodnight]

U-238 (depleted uranium). Which believe it or not, is not illegal, contrary to popular belief.

edit: Depleted uranium is used in helicopters and airplanes as counter weights on certain wing parts.

 

[ReiAyanami]

the Galaxy is on Orion's Belt

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Antimatter, nothing I know of comes close
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With current technology, it is considered possible to attain antimatter for 25 billion dollars per gram

 

[ryzmah]

Good saffron runs $7.50+/gram = approx $3400/lb, is easily obtained, and isn't illegal to purchase.

 

[TuxDave]

So uhh... why do you need to know again?