Composition of Sea Water
Seawater at 3.5% salinity. ppm = parts per million.
Element |
Symbol |
ppm |
Percentage |
Oxygen |
H2O |
883,000 |
86.0341% |
Hydrogen |
H2O |
110,000 |
10.7177% |
Chlorine |
NaCl |
19,400 |
1.8902% |
Sodium |
NaCl |
10,800 |
1.0523% |
Magnesium |
Mg |
1,290 |
0.1257% |
Sulfur |
S |
904 |
0.0881% |
Calcium |
Ca |
411 |
0.0400% |
Potassium |
K |
392 |
0.0382% |
Bromine |
Br |
67 |
0.0066% |
Carbon |
C |
28 |
0.0027% |
Nitrogen |
N |
16 |
0.0015% |
Fluorine |
F |
13 |
0.0013% |
Strontium |
Sr |
8.1 |
0.0008% |
Boron |
B |
4.5 |
0.0004% |
Silicon |
Si |
2.9 |
0.0003% |
Argon |
Ar |
0.4500000 |
|
Lithium |
Li |
0.1700000 |
|
Rubidium |
Rb |
0.1200000 |
|
Phosphorus |
P |
0.0880000 |
|
Iodine |
I |
0.0640000 |
|
Barium |
Ba |
0.0210000 |
|
Molybdenum |
Mo |
0.0100000 |
|
Nickel |
Ni |
0.0066000 |
|
Zinc |
Zn |
0.0050000 |
|
Ferrum |
Fe |
0.0034000 |
|
Uranium |
U |
0.0033000 |
|
Arsenic |
As |
0.0026000 |
|
Vanadium |
V |
0.0019000 |
|
Aluminium |
Al |
0.0010000 |
|
Titanium |
Ti |
0.0010000 |
|
Copper |
Cu |
0.0009000 |
|
Selenium |
Se |
0.0009000 |
|
Stannum |
Sn |
0.0008100 |
|
Manganese |
Mn |
0.0004000 |
|
Cobalt |
Co |
0.0003900 |
|
Antimony |
Sb |
0.0003300 |
|
Cesium |
Cs |
0.0003000 |
|
Argentum |
Ag |
0.0002800 |
|
Krypton |
Kr |
0.0002100 |
|
Chromium |
Cr |
0.0002000 |
|
Mercury |
Hg |
0.0001500 |
|
Neon |
Ne |
0.0001200 |
|
Cadmium |
Cd |
0.0001100 |
|
Germanium |
Ge |
0.0000600 |
|
Xenon |
Xe |
0.0000470 |
|
Gallium |
Ga |
0.0000300 |
|
Lead |
Pb |
0.0000300 |
|
Zirconium |
Zr |
0.0000260 |
|
Bismuth |
Bi |
0.0000200 |
|
Niobium |
Nb |
0.0000150 |
|
Yttrium |
Y |
0.0000130 |
|
Aurum |
Au |
0.0000110 |
|
Rhenium |
Re |
0.0000084 |
|
Hafnium |
Hf |
0.0000080 |
|
Helium |
He |
0.0000072 |
|
Scandium |
Sc |
0.0000040 |
|
Lanthanum |
La |
0.0000029 |
|
Neodymium |
Nd |
0.0000028 |
|
Tantalum |
Ta |
0.0000025 |
|
Europium |
Eu |
0.0000013 |
|
Cerium |
Ce |
0.0000012 |
|
Tungsten |
W |
0.0000010 |
|
Dysprosium |
Dy |
0.0000009 |
|
Erbium |
Er |
0.0000009 |
|
Ytterbium |
Yb |
0.0000008 |
|
Ruthenium |
Ru |
0.0000007 |
|
Gadolinium |
Gd |
0.0000007 |
|
Praesodymium |
Pr |
0.0000006 |
|
Beryllium |
Be |
0.0000006 |
|
Samarium |
Sm |
0.0000005 |
|
Thorium |
Th |
0.0000004 |
|
Holmium |
Ho |
0.0000002 |
|
Thulium |
Tm |
0.0000002 |
|
Lutetium |
Lu |
0.0000002 |
|
Terbium |
Tb |
0.0000001 |
|