Abundance of elements in Earth's crust
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Abundance (atom fraction) of the chemical elements in Earth's upper continental crust as a function of atomic number. The rarest elements in the crust (shown in yellow) are not the heaviest, but are rather the siderophile (iron-loving) elements in the Goldschmidt classification of elements. These have been depleted by being relocated deeper into the Earth's core. Their abundance in meteoroids is higher. Additionally, tellurium and selenium have been depleted from the crust due to formation of volatile hydrides.
The abundance of elements in Earth's crust is shown in tabulated form with the estimated crustal abundance for each chemical element shown as parts per million (ppm) by mass (10,000 ppm = 1%).
| Rank | Z, element & symbol | Abundance in crust (ppm) by source | Annual production | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darling[1] | Barbalace[2] | WebElements[3] | Israel Science and Technology[4] | Jefferson Lab[5] | (2016, tonnes)[6] | ||||
| 1 | 8 | oxygen | O | 466,000 | 474,000 | 460,000 | 467,100 | 461,000 | |
| 2 | 14 | silicon | Si | 277,200 | 277,100 | 270,000 | 276,900 | 282,000 | 7,200,000 |
| 3 | 13 | aluminium | Al | 81,300 | 82,000 | 82,000 | 80,700 | 82,300 | 57,600,000 |
| 4 | 26 | iron | Fe | 50,000 | 41,000 | 63,000 | 50,500 | 56,300 | 1,150,000,000 |
| 5 | 20 | calcium | Ca | 36,300 | 41,000 | 50,000 | 36,500 | 41,500 | |
| 6 | 11 | sodium | Na | 28,300 | 23,000 | 23,000 | 27,500 | 23,600 | 255,000,000 |
| 7 | 12 | magnesium | Mg | 20,900 | 23,000 | 29,000 | 20,800 | 23,300 | 1,010,000 |
| 8 | 19 | potassium | K | 25,900 | 21,000 | 15,000 | 25,800 | 20,900 | |
| 9 | 22 | titanium | Ti | 4,400 | 5,600 | 6,600 | 6,200 | 5,600 | 6,600,000 |
| 10 | 1 | hydrogen | H | 1,400 | 1,500 | 1,400 | 1,400 | ||
| 11 | 15 | phosphorus | P | 1,200 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,300 | 1,050 | |
| 12 | 25 | manganese | Mn | 1,000 | 950 | 1,100 | 900 | 950 | 16,000,000 |
| 13 | 9 | fluorine | F | 800 | 950 | 540 | 290 | 585 | |
| 14 | 56 | barium | Ba | 500 | 340 | 340 | 500 | 425 | |
| 15 | 6 | carbon | C | 300 | 480 | 1,800 | 940 | 200 | |
| 16 | 38 | strontium | Sr | 370 | 360 | 370 | 350,000 | ||
| 17 | 16 | sulfur | S | 500 | 260 | 420 | 520 | 350 | 69,300,000 |
| 18 | 40 | zirconium | Zr | 190 | 130 | 250 | 165 | 1,460,000 | |
| 19 | 74 | tungsten | W | 160.6 | 1.1 | 1.25 | 86,400 | ||
| 20 | 23 | vanadium | V | 100 | 160 | 190 | 120 | 76,000 | |
| 21 | 17 | chlorine | Cl | 500 | 130 | 170 | 450 | 145 | |
| 22 | 24 | chromium | Cr | 100 | 100 | 140 | 350 | 102 | 26,000,000 |
| 23 | 37 | rubidium | Rb | 300 | 90 | 60 | 90 | ||
| 24 | 28 | nickel | Ni | 80 | 90 | 190 | 84 | 2,250,000 | |
| 25 | 30 | zinc | Zn | 75 | 79 | 70 | 11,900,000 | ||
| 26 | 29 | copper | Cu | 100 | 50 | 68 | 60 | 19,400,000 | |
| 27 | 58 | cerium | Ce | 68 | 60 | 66.5 | |||
| 28 | 60 | neodymium | Nd | 38 | 33 | 41.5 | |||
| 29 | 57 | lanthanum | La | 32 | 34 | 39 | |||
| 30 | 39 | yttrium | Y | 30 | 29 | 33 | 6,000 | ||
| 31 | 7 | nitrogen | N | 50 | 25 | 20 | 19 | 140,000,000 | |
| 32 | 27 | cobalt | Co | 20 | 30 | 25 | 123,000 | ||
| 33 | 3 | lithium | Li | 20 | 17 | 20 | 35,000 | ||
| 34 | 41 | niobium | Nb | 20 | 17 | 20 | 64,000 | ||
| 35 | 31 | gallium | Ga | 18 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 36 | 21 | scandium | Sc | 16 | 26 | 22 | |||
| 37 | 82 | lead | Pb | 14 | 10 | 14 | 4,820,000 | ||
| 38 | 62 | samarium | Sm | 7.9 | 6 | 7.05 | |||
| 39 | 90 | thorium | Th | 12 | 6 | 9.6 | |||
| 40 | 59 | praseodymium | Pr | 9.5 | 8.7 | 9.2 | |||
| 41 | 5 | boron | B | 950 | 8.7 | 10 | 9,400,000 | ||
| 42 | 64 | gadolinium | Gd | 7.7 | 5.2 | 6.2 | |||
| 43 | 66 | dysprosium | Dy | 6 | 6.2 | 5.2 | |||
| 44 | 72 | hafnium | Hf | 5.3 | 3.3 | 3.0 | |||
| 45 | 68 | erbium | Er | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.5 | |||
| 46 | 70 | ytterbium | Yb | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.2 | |||
| 47 | 55 | caesium | Cs | 3 | 1.9 | 3 | |||
| 48 | 4 | beryllium | Be | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 220 | ||
| 49 | 50 | tin | Sn | 0 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 280,000 | |
| 50 | 63 | europium | Eu | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.0 | |||
| 51 | 92 | uranium | U | 0 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 74,119 | ||
| 52 | 73 | tantalum | Ta | 2 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1,100 | ||
| 53 | 32 | germanium | Ge | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 155 | ||
| 54 | 42 | molybdenum | Mo | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 227,000 | ||
| 55 | 33 | arsenic | As | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 36,500 | ||
| 56 | 67 | holmium | Ho | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | |||
| 57 | 65 | terbium | Tb | 1.1 | 0.94 | 1.2 | |||
| 58 | 69 | thulium | Tm | 0.48 | 0.45 | 0.52 | |||
| 59 | 35 | bromine | Br | 0.37 | 3 | 2.4 | 391,000 | ||
| 60 | 81 | thallium | Tl | 0.6 | 0.530 | 0.850 | 10 | ||
| 61 | 71 | lutetium[7] | Lu | 0.5 | |||||
| 62 | 51 | antimony | Sb | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 130,000 | ||
| 63 | 53 | iodine | I | 0.14 | 0.490 | 0.450 | 31,600 | ||
| 64 | 48 | cadmium | Cd | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 23,000 | ||
| 65 | 47 | silver | Ag | 0.070 | 0.080 | 0.075 | 27,000 | ||
| 66 | 80 | mercury | Hg | 0.05 | 0.067 | 0.085 | 4,500 | ||
| 67 | 34 | selenium | Se | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 2,200 | ||
| 68 | 49 | indium | In | 0.049 | 0.160 | 0.250 | 655 | ||
| 69 | 83 | bismuth | Bi | 0.048 | 0.025 | 0.0085 | 10,200 | ||
| 70 | 52 | tellurium | Te | 0.005 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 2,200 | ||
| 71 | 78 | platinum | Pt | 0.003 | 0.0037 | 0.005 | 172 | ||
| 72 | 79 | gold | Au | 0.0011 | 0.0031 | 0.004 | 3,100 | ||
| 73 | 44 | ruthenium | Ru | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | |||
| 74 | 46 | palladium | Pd | 0.0006 | 0.0063 | 0.015 | 208 | ||
| 75 | 75 | rhenium | Re | 0.0004 | 0.0026 | 0.0007 | 47.2 | ||
| 76 | 77 | iridium | Ir | 0.0003 | 0.0004 | 0.001 | |||
| 77 | 45 | rhodium | Rh | 0.0002 | 0.0007 | 0.001 | |||
| 78 | 76 | osmium | Os | 0.0001 | 0.0018 | 0.0015 | |||
See also[edit]
- Abundances of the elements (data page)
- Primordial nuclide
- List of chemical elements
- Atmospheric chemistry
References[edit]
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- ^ "List of Periodic Table Elements Sorted by Abundance in Earth's crust". Israel Science and Technology Homepage. Retrieved 2007-04-15.
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