Elemental Abundances

Appendix

Elemental Abundance in Solar System

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Atom	Atomic No.	Abundance* (atoms/10⁶ atoms Si)	Log(abund)
H	1	27900000000	10.45
He	2	2720000000	9.43
Li	3	57.1	1.76
Be	4	0.73	-0.14
B	5	21.2	1.33
C	6	10100000	7
N	7	313000	5.5
O	8	23800000	7.38
F	9	843	2.93
Ne	10	3440000	6.54
Na	11	57400	4.76
Mg	12	1074000	6.03
Al	13	84900	4.93
Si	14	1000000	6
P	15	10400	4.02
S	16	515000	5.71
Cl	17	5240	3.72
Ar	18	101000	5
K	19	3770	3.58
Ca	20	61100	4.79
Sc	21	34.2	1.53
Ti	22	2400	3.38
V	23	293	2.47
Cr	24	13500	4.13
Mn	25	9550	3.98
Fe	26	900000	5.95
Co	27	2250	3.35
Ni	28	49300	4.69
Cu	29	522	2.72
Zn	30	1260	3.1
Ga	31	37.8	1.58
Ge	32	119	2.08
As	33	6.56	0.82
Se	34	62.1	1.79
Br	35	11.8	1.07
Kr	36	45	1.65
Rb	37	7.09	0.85
Sr	38	23.5	1.37
Y	39	4.64	0.67
Zr	40	11.4	1.06
Nb	41	0.698	-0.16
Mo	42	2.55	0.41
Tc	43
Ru	44	1.86	0.27
Rh	45	0.344	-0.46
Pd	46	1.39	0.14
Ag	47	0.486	-0.31
Cd	48	1.61	0.21
In	49	0.184	-0.74
Sn	50	3.82	0.58
Sb	51	0.309	-0.51
Te	52	4.81	0.68
I	53	0.9	-0.05
Xe	54	4.7	0.67
Cs	55	0.372	-0.43
Ba	56	4.49	0.65
La	57	0.446	-0.35
Ce	58	1.136	0.06
Pr	59	0.1669	-0.78
Nd	60	0.8279	-0.08
Pm	61
Sm	62	0.2282	-0.64
Eu	63	0.0973	-1.01
Gd	64	0.33	-0.48
Tb	65	0.0603	-1.22
Dy	66	0.3942	-0.4
Ho	67	0.0889	-1.05
Er	68	0.2508	-0.6
Tm	69	0.0378	-1.42
Yb	70	0.2479	-0.61
Lu	71	0.0367	-1.44
Hf	72	0.154	-0.81
Ta	73	0.0207	-1.68
W	74	0.133	-0.88
Re	75	0.0517	-1.29
Os	76	0.675	-0.17
Ir	77	0.661	-0.18
Pt	78	1.34	0.13
Au	79	0.187	-0.73
Hg	80	0.34	-0.47
Tl	81	0.184	-0.74
Pb	82	3.15	0.5
Bi	83	0.144	-0.84
Po	84
At	85
Rn	86
Fr	87
Ra	88
Ac	89
Th	90	0.0335	-1.47
Pa	91
U	92	0.009	-2.05
Np	93
Pu	94
Am	95
Cm	96
Bk	97
Cf	98
Es	99
Fm	100
Md	101
No	102
Lr	103
*Anders, Edward; Grevesse; Nicolas, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1989, 53, 197-214.

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Atom	Atomic No.	Abundance*
H	1	6.2
He	2	0
Li	3	4.1
Be	4	3.2
B	5	4
C	6	6.7
N	7	4.3
O	8	8.67
F	9	5.8
Ne	10	0
Na	11	7.36
Mg	12	7.51
Al	13	7.92
Si	14	8.43
P	15	6
S	16	5.8
Cl	17	5.3
Ar	18	1
K	19	6.96
Ca	20	7.72
Sc	21	4.5
Ti	22	6.7
V	23	5.4
Cr	24	5.3
Mn	25	6.1
Fe	26	7.84
Co	27	4.5
Ni	28	5
Cu	29	4.9
Zn	30	4.9
Ga	31	4.3
Ge	32	3.2
As	33	3.4
Se	34	1.7
Br	35	3.4
Kr	36	-1
Rb	37	4.5
Sr	38	5.4
Y	39	4.3
Zr	40	5
Nb	41	4
Mo	42	3
Tc	43
Ru	44	0
Rh	45	-1
Pd	46	0
Ag	47	1.9
Cd	48	2
In	49	1.7
Sn	50	3.4
Sb	51	2.3
Te	52	-1
I	53	2.7
Xe	54	-2
Cs	55	3
Ba	56	5.4
La	57	4.2
Ce	58	4.5
Pr	59	3.6
Nd	60	4.2
Pm	61
Sm	62	3.5
Eu	63	3
Gd	64	3.5
Tb	65	2.8
Dy	66	3.6
Ho	67	2.9
Er	68	3.3
Tm	69	2.5
Yb	70	3.3
Lu	71	2.5
Hf	72	3.5
Ta	73	3
W	74	3
Re	75	-0.3
Os	76	-1
Ir	77	-1
Pt	78	0
Au	79	0.5
Hg	80	2
Tl	81	2.6
Pb	82	3.9
Bi	83	-1
Po	84
At	85
Rn	86
Fr	87
Ra	88	-4
Ac	89
Th	90	3.6
Pa	91	-5
U	92	3
Np	93
Pu	94
Am	95
Cm	96
Bk	97
Cf	98
Es	99
Fm	100
Md	101
No	102
Lr	103
*log(mass fraction in ppb, that is μg/kg)

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