Talk:Abundance of the chemical elements
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Parts of this article are taken from the public domain source at http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/fact-sheet/fs087-02/ Please update as needed.
I'm debating the phrasing I use with regard to argon in the bottom. I know they get helium out of natural gas wells, and it would surprise me if argon isn't found in the crust at all; I know it's generally produced by distillation of liquid air, so I doubt it's a major component of the crust (since it'd be cheaper to get it there if it were), but I wonder if that's an error in the original page. Argon must occur between the grains of sandstone in greater abundance than some elements that are listed -- Pakaran 13:18, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC)
On another note, if anyone wants to make a list for the universe, see [1] (http://www.tulane.edu/~bmitche/book/abel-u.html), which is the best source I could find. I get the following log10 figures for their numbers, keeping 3 digits, which is more than they do:
- H 4.08
- He 3.45
- O 1.20
- N .90
- C .48
- Fe .42
- Si 0 exact
- Mg -.051
- S -.481
- Ni -.678
- Al -1.05
- Ca -1.15
- Na -1.34
- Cl -1.60
Pakaran 13:30, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC)
