Element Abundance in the Solar System

E. Anders and M. Ebihara Table 1. Atoms/1e6 Si

Element

Cameron

Anders

σ(%)

Orgueil

Element

Cameron

Anders

σ(%)

Orgueil

(1982)

Ebihara

(1982)

Ebihara

1 H

2.66e10

2.72e10

5

2.02 %

46 Pd

1.3

1.39

7.7

557 ppb

2 He

1.8e9

2.18e9

12

56 nl/g

47 Ag

0.46

0.529

9.5

220 ppb

3 Li

60

59.7

2.7

1.59 ppm

48 Cd

1.55

1.69

6.5

673 ppb

4 Be

1.2

0.78

7.5

26.7 ppb

49 In

0.19

0.184

6.4

77.8 ppb

5 B

9

24

30

1.25 ppm

50 Sn

3.7

3.82

9.4

1680 ppb

6 C

1.11e7

1.21e7

30

3.45 %

51 Sb

0.31

0.352

18

155 ppb

7 N

2.31e6

2.48e6

40

3180 ppm

52 Te

6.5

4.91

12

2280 ppb

8 O

1.84e7

2.01e7

20

46.4 %

53 I

1.27

0.90

21

430 ppb

9 F

780

843

15

58.2 ppm

54 Xe

5.84

4.35

13

8.6 pl/g

10 Ne

2.6e6

3.76e6

30

203 pl/g

55 Cs

0.39

0.372

6

186 ppb

11 Na

6.0e4

5.70e4

7.3

4820 ppm

56 Ba

4.8

4.36

4.5

2270 ppb

12 Mg

1.06e6

1.075e6

3.6

9.55 %

57 La

0.37

0.448

5.1

236 ppb

13 Al

8.5e4

8.49e4

4.9

8620 ppm

58 Ce

1.2

1.16

619 ppb

14 Si

1.00e6

1.00e6

4.2

10.67%

59 Pr

0.18

0.174

90 ppb

15 P

6500

1.04e4

10

1180 ppm

60 Nd

0.79

0.836

462 ppb

16 S

5.0e5

5.15e5

13

5.25 %

61 Pm

no stable isotopes

17 Cl

4740

5240

15

698 ppm

62 Sm

0.24

0.261

142 ppb

18 Ar

1.06e5

1.04e5

20

751 ppm

63 Eu

0.094

0.0972

54.3 ppb

19 K

3500

3770

7.9

569 ppm

64 Gd

0.42

0.331

196 ppb

20 Ca

6.25e4

6.11e4

7.1

9020 ppm

65 Tb

0.076

0.0589

35.3 ppb

21 Sc

31

33.8

9.0

5.76 ppm

66 Dy

0.37

0.398

242 ppb

22 Ti

2400

2400

5.0

436 ppm

67 Ho

0.0875

0.092

54 ppb

23 V

254

295

4.8

56.7 ppm

68 Er

0.23

0.253

160 ppb

24 Cr

1.27e4

1.34e4

8.0

2650 ppm

69 Tm

0.035

0.0386

22 ppb

25 Mn

9300

9510

9.7

1960 ppm

70 Yb

0.20

0.243

166 ppb

26 Fe

9.0e5

9.0e5

2.7

18.51 %

71 Lu

0.035

0.0369

24.3 ppb

27 Co

2200

2250

6.9

509 ppm

72 Hf

0.17

0.176

6.6

119 ppb

28 Ni

4.78e4

4.93e4

5.7

1.10 %

73 Ta

0.020

0.0226

10

17 ppb

29 Cu

540

514

12

112 ppm

74 W

0.30

0.137

7.3

89 ppb

30 Zn

1260

1260

4.2

308 ppm

75 Re

0.051

0.0507

12

36.9 ppb

31 Ga

38

37.8

6.9

10.1 ppm

76 Os

0.69

0.717

9.8

699 ppb

32 Ge

117

118

9.4

32.2 ppm

77 Ir

0.72

0.660

6.3

473 ppb

33 As

6.2

6.79

11

1.91 ppm

78 Pt

1.41

1.37

10

953 ppb

34 Se

67

62.1

6.4

18.2 ppm

79 Au

0.21

0.186

15

145 ppb

35 Br

9.2

11.8

19

3.56 ppm

80 Hg

0.21

0.52

50

390 ppb

36 Kr

41.3

45.3

11

8.7 pl/g

81 Tl

0.184

0.19

9.4

143 ppb

37 Rb

6.1

7.09

7.0

2.30 ppm

82 Pb

2.6

3.15

7.8

2430 ppb

38 Sr

22.9

23.8

8.3

7.91 ppm

83 Bi

0.14

0.144

8.2

111 ppb

39 Y

4.8

4.64

8.2

1.50 ppm

84-89

Polonium, Astatine, Radon
Francium, Radium, Actinium


no stable isotopes

40 Zr

12

10.7

13

3.69 ppm

41 Nb

0.9

0.71

250 ppb

42 Mo

4.0

2.52

5.4

920 ppb

90 Th

0.045

0.0335

5.7

28.6 ppb

43 Tc

Technetium, no stable isotopes

91 Pa

Protactinium, no stable isotopes

44 Ru

1.9

1.86

5.4

714 ppb

92 U

0.027

0.0090

8.4

8.1 ppb

45 Rh

0.40

0.344

8

134 ppb