MARUM
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Sediment Geochemistry
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Leobener Str
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D-28359 Bremen
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Marine Geochemistry - Laboratory Methods
Typical Seawater Composition
Element
Symbol
Atomic Number
Seawater Concentration Range
Approximate weight concentration*
Lithium
Li
3
25 然
174 痢/L
Beryllium
Be
4
4-30 pM
270 pg/L
Boron
B
5
0.42 mM
4.5 mg/L
Carbon
C
6
2-2.5 mM
30 mg/L
Nitrogen
N
7
0-45 然
630 痢/l
Fluorine
F
9
68 然
1.3 mg/L
Sodium
Na
11
468 mM
10.8 g/L
Magnesium
Mg
12
53.2 mM
1.29 g/L
Aluminum
Al
13
5-40 nM
1.1 痢/L
Silicon
Si
14
0-180 然
5 mg/L
Phosphorous
P
15
0-3.2 然
99 痢/L
Sulfur
S
16
28.2 mM
900 mg/L
Chlorine
Cl
17
546 mM
19.4 g/L
Potassium
K
19
10.2 mM
398 mg/L
Calcium
Ca
20
10.3 mM
412 mg/L
Scandium
Sc
21
8-20 pM
900 pg/L
Titanium
Ti
22
few pM
150 pg/L
Vanadium
V
23
20-35 nM
1.8 痢/L
Chromium
Cr
24
2-5 nM
260 ng/L
Manganese
Mn
25
0.2-3 nM
165 ng/L
Iron
Fe
26
0.1-2.5 nM
140 ng/L
Cobalt
Co
27
0.01 - 0.1 nM
6 ng/L
Nickel
Ni
28
2-12 nM
700 ng/L
Copper
Cu
29
0.5-6 nM
380 ng/L
Zinc
Zn
30
0.05-9 nM
590 ng/L
Gallium
Ga
31
5-30 pM
2 ng/L
Arsenic
As
33
15-25 nM
1.8 痢/L
Selenium
Se
34
0.5-2.3 nM
180 ng/L
Bromine
Br
35
0.84 mM
67 mg/L
Rubidium
Rb
37
1.4 然
120 痢/L
Strontium
Sr
38
90 然
7.9 mg/L
Yttrium
Y
39
0.15 nM
1.3 痢/L
Zirconium
Zr
40
0.3 nM
27 ng/L
Niobium
Nb
41
50 pm
4.7 ng/L
Molybdenum
Mo
42
0.11 然
10.5 痢/L
Technetium
Tc
43
none stable
none stable
Ruthenium
Ru
44
0.05 pM
5 pg/L
Palladium
Pd
46
0.2 pM
21 pg/L
Silver
Ag
47
0.5-35 pm
3.8 ng/L
Cadmium
Cd
48
0.001-1.1 nM
124 ng/L
Indium
In
49
1 pM
115 pg/L
Tin
Sn
50
1-12 pM
1.4 ng/L
Antimony
Sb
51
1.2 nM
146 ng/L
Iodine
I
53
0.2-0.5 uM
64 痢/L
Cesium
Cs
55
2.2 nM
290 ng/L
Barium
Ba
56
32-150 nM
21 痢/L
Lanthanum
La
57
13-37 pM
5.1 ng/L
Cerium
Ce
58
16-26 pM
3.6 ng/L
Praseodymium
Pr
59
4 pM
560 pg/L
Neodymium
Nd
60
12-25 pM
3.6 ng/L
Samarium
Sm
62
3-5 pM
750 pg/L
Europium
Eu
63
0.6 - 1 pM
150 pg/L
Gadolinium
Gd
64
3-7 pM
1.1 ng/L
Terbium
Tb
65
0.9 pM
143 pg/L
Dysprosium
Dy
66
5-6 pM
975 pg/L
Holmium
Ho
67
1.9 pM
310 pg/L
Erbium
Er
68
4-5 pM
835 pg/L
Thulium
Tm
69
0.8pM
135 pg/L
Ytterbium
Yb
70
3-5pM
865 pg/L
Lutetium
Lu
71
0.9 pM
157 pg/L
Tungsten
W
74
0.5 nM
92 ng/L
Rhenium
Re
75
14-30 pM
5.6 pg/L
Iridium
Ir
77
0.01 pM
1.9 pg/L
Platinum
Pt
78
0.5pM
98 pg/L
Gold
Au
79
0.1-0.2 pM
39 pg/L
Mercury
Hg
80
2-10 pM
2 ng/L
Thallium
Tl
81
60 pM
12 ng/L
Lead
Pb
82
5-175 pM
36 ng/L
Bismuth
Bi
83
0.015 - 0.24 pM
50 pg/L
*
This column uses the high end of the concentration range.
page created by
M.Kölling
& T.Feseker