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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.

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