Composition of the Sun

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Written by Willy Gerber

Monday, 16 June 2008 00:46

Element	Abundance (percentage of total number of atoms)	Abundance (percentage of total mass)
Hydrogen	91.2	71.0
Helium	8.7	27.1
Oxygen	0.078	0.97
Carbon	0.043	0.40
Nitrogen	0.0088	0.096
Silicon	0.0045	0.099
Magnesium	0.0038	0.076
Neon	0.0035	0.058
Iron	0.0030	0.14
Sulfur	0.0015	0.040

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