ELEMENTS - SOME INTERESTING FACTS - PART II
MOST COMMON ELEMENTS IN THE UNIVERSE:-
1. HYDROGEN - H - 750,000 parts per million
2. HELIUM - He - 230,000 parts per million
3. OXYGEN - O - 10,000 parts per million
4. CARBON - C - 5,000 parts per million
5. NEON - Ne - 1,300 parts per million
6. IRON - Fe - 1,100 parts per million
7.NITROGEN - N- 1,000 parts per million
8. SILICON - Si - 700 parts per million
9. MAGNESIUM - Mg - 600 parts per million
10. SULFUR - S- 500 parts per million
MOST COMMON ELEMENTS IN THE EARTH'S CRUST :-
1. OXYGEN - O - 461, 000 parts per million
2. SILICON - Si - 282,000 parts per million
3. ALUMINIUM - Al - 82,300 parts per million
4. IRON - Fe - 56,300 parts per million
5. CALCIUM - Ca - 41,500 parts per million
6. SODIUM - Na - 23,600 parts per million
7. MAGNESIUM - Mg - 23,300 parts per million
8. POTASSIUM - K - 20,900 parts per million
9. TITANIUM - Ti - 5,650 parts per million
10. HYDROGEN - H - 1,400 parts per million
MOST COMMON ELEMENTS IN THE OCEANS:-
1. OXYGEN (combined in water) - O 857,000,000 tonnes / sq km
2. HYDROGEN - H - 107,800,000 tonnes / sq km
3. CHLORINE - Cl - 19,870,000 tonnes / sq km
4. SODIUM - Na - 11,050,000 tonnes / sq km
5. MAGNESIUM - Mg - 1,326,000
6. SULPHUR - S - 928,000 tonnes / sq km
7. CALCIUM - Ca - 422,000 tonnes / sq km
8. POTASSIUM - K - 416,000 tonnes / sq km
9. BROMINE - Br - 67,3000 tonnes / sq km
10.CARBON - C - 28,000 tonnes / sq km