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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  

 

Composition of Sea Water

 

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