Abundance of elements in Earth's crust
The table shows the abundance of elements in Earth's crust. Numbers show percentage or parts per million (ppm) in mass; 10,000 ppm = 1%.
Note that numbers are estimates, and they will vary depending on source and method of estimation. Order of magnitude of data can roughly be relied upon.
Z | Element | Symbol | Lithosphere abundance[1] | Relative proportion (ppm)[2] | Crustal abundance (ppm)[3] | Crustal abundance (ppm)[4] | Crustal abundance (ppm)[5] | Production (2011, tonnes)[6] |
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8 | oxygen | O | 460,000 | 474,000 | 460,000 | 467,100 | 461,000 | |
14 | silicon [A] | Si | 277,200 | 277,100 | 270,000 | 276,900 | 282,000 | 8,000,000 |
13 | aluminium | Al | 81,300 | 82,000 | 82,000 | 80,700 | 82,300 | 44,400,000 |
26 | iron | Fe | 50,000 | 41,000 | 63,000 | 50,500 | 56,300 | 2,600,000,000 |
20 | calcium | Ca | 36,300 | 41,000 | 50,000 | 36,500 | 41,500 | |
11 | sodium | Na | 28,300 | 23,000 | 23,000 | 27,500 | 23,600 | 290,000,000 |
19 | potassium | K | 25,900 | 21,000 | 15,000 | 25,800 | 20,900 | |
12 | magnesium | Mg | 20,900 | 23,000 | 29,000 | 20,800 | 23,300 | 780,000 |
22 | titanium | Ti | 4,400 | 5,600 | 6,600 | 6,200 | 5,600 | 6,700,000 |
1 | hydrogen | H | 1,400 | 1,500 | 1,400 | 1,400 | ||
15 | phosphorus | P | 1,200 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,300 | 1,050 | |
25 | manganese | Mn | 1,000 | 950 | 1,100 | 900 | 950 | 14,000,000 |
9 | fluorine | F | 800 | 950 | 540 | 290 | 585 | |
56 | barium | Ba | 500 | 340 | 500 | 425 | ||
6 | carbon [B] | C | 300 | 480 | 1,800 | 940 | 200 | |
38 | strontium | Sr | 370 | 360 | 370 | 380,000 | ||
16 | sulfur | S | 500 | 260 | 420 | 520 | 350 | 69,000,000 |
40 | zirconium | Zr | 190 | 130 | 250 | 165 | 1,410,000 | |
74 | tungsten | W | 160.6 | 1.1 | 1.25 | 72,000 | ||
23 | vanadium | V | 100 | 160 | 190 | 120 | 60,000 | |
17 | chlorine | Cl | 500 | 130 | 170 | 450 | 145 | 290,000,000 |
24 | chromium | Cr | 100 | 100 | 140 | 350 | 102 | 24,000,000 |
37 | rubidium | Rb | 300 | 90 | 60 | 90 | ||
28 | nickel | Ni | 80 | 90 | 190 | 84 | 1,800,000 | |
30 | zinc | Zn | 75 | 79 | 70 | 12,400,000 | ||
29 | copper | Cu | 100 | 50 | 68 | 60 | 16,100,000 | |
58 | cerium | Ce | 68 | 60 | 66.5 | |||
60 | neodymium | Nd | 38 | 33 | 41.5 | |||
57 | lanthanum | La | 32 | 34 | 39 | |||
39 | yttrium | Y | 30 | 29 | 33 | 8,900 | ||
7 | nitrogen | N | 50 | 25 | 20 | 19 | 136,000,000 | |
27 | cobalt | Co | 20 | 30 | 25 | 98,000 | ||
3 | lithium | Li | 20 | 17 | 20 | 34,000 | ||
41 | niobium | Nb | 20 | 17 | 20 | 63,000 | ||
31 | gallium | Ga | 18 | 19 | 19 | |||
21 | scandium | Sc | 16 | 26 | 22 | |||
82 | lead | Pb | 14 | 10 | 14 | 4,500,000 | ||
62 | samarium | Sm | 7.9 | 6 | 7.05 | |||
90 | thorium | Th | 12 | 6 | 9.6 | |||
59 | praseodymium | Pr | 9.5 | 8.7 | 9.2 | |||
5 | boron | B | 950 | 8.7 | 10 | 4,300,000 | ||
64 | gadolinium | Gd | 7.7 | 5.2 | 6.2 | |||
66 | dysprosium | Dy | 6 | 6.2 | 5.2 | |||
72 | hafnium | Hf | 5.3 | 3.3 | 3.0 | |||
68 | erbium | Er | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.5 | |||
70 | ytterbium | Yb | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.2 | |||
55 | caesium | Cs | 3 | 1.9 | 3 | |||
4 | beryllium | Be | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 240 | ||
50 | tin | Sn | 0 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 253,000 | |
63 | europium | Eu | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.0 | |||
92 | uranium | U | 0 | 1.8 | 2.7 | |||
73 | tantalum | Ta | 2 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 790 | ||
32 | germanium | Ge | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 118 | ||
42 | molybdenum | Mo | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 250,000 | ||
33 | arsenic | As | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 52,000 | ||
67 | holmium | Ho | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | |||
65 | terbium | Tb | 1.1 | 0.94 | 1.2 | |||
69 | thulium | Tm | 0.48 | 0.45 | 0.52 | |||
35 | bromine | Br | 0.37 | 3 | 2.4 | 460,000 | ||
81 | thallium | Tl | 0.6 | 0.530 | 0.850 | 10 | ||
71 | lutetium[7] | Lu | 0.5 | |||||
51 | antimony | Sb | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 169,000 | ||
53 | iodine | I | 0.14 | 0.490 | 0.450 | 29,000 | ||
48 | cadmium | Cd | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 21,500 | ||
47 | silver | Ag | 0.070 | 0.080 | 0.075 | 23,800 | ||
80 | mercury | Hg | 0.05 | 0.067 | 0.085 | 1,930 | ||
34 | selenium | Se | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 2,000 | ||
49 | indium | In | 0.049 | 0.160 | 0.250 | 640 | ||
83 | bismuth | Bi | 0.048 | 0.025 | 0.0085 | 8,500 | ||
52 | tellurium | Te | 0.005 | 0.001 | 0.001 | |||
78 | platinum | Pt | 0.003 | 0.0037 | 0.005 | 192 | ||
79 | gold | Au | 0.0011 | 0.0031 | 0.004 | 2,700 | ||
44 | ruthenium | Ru | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | |||
46 | palladium | Pd | 0.0006 | 0.0063 | 0.015 | 207 | ||
75 | rhenium | Re | 0.0004 | 0.0026 | 0.0007 | 49 | ||
77 | iridium | Ir | 0.0003 | 0.0004 | 0.001 | |||
45 | rhodium | Rh | 0.0002 | 0.0007 | 0.001 | |||
76 | osmium | Os | 0.0001 | 0.0018 | 0.0015 |
See also
References
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