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Table 6

Recommended present-day solar photospheric abundances for the intermediate-mass elements F to Ca, compared with oft-used solar abundance compilations: AG89 (Anders & Grevesse 1989), GS98 (Grevesse & Sauval 1998), AGS05 (Asplund et al. 2005), AGSS09 (Asplund et al. 2009), LPG09 (Lodders et al. 2009).

Z el. Preferred AG89 GS98 AGS05 AGSS09 LPG09

9 F 4.40 ± 0.25 1 4.56 4.56 4.56 4.56 4.56
10 Ne 7.93 ± 0.10 2 8.09 8.08 7.84 7.93 8.05
11 Na 6.21 ± 0.04 6.33 6.33 6.17 6.24 6.30
12 Mg 7.59 ± 0.04 7.58 7.58 7.53 7.60 7.54
13 Al 6.43 ± 0.04 6.47 6.47 6.37 6.45 6.47
14 Si 7.51 ± 0.03 7.55 7.55 7.51 7.51 7.52
15 P 5.41 ± 0.03 5.45 5.45 5.36 5.41 5.46
16 S 7.12 ± 0.03 7.21 7.33 7.14 7.12 7.14
17 Cl 5.50 ± 0.30 3 5.50 5.50 5.50 5.50 5.50
18 Ar 6.40 ± 0.13 2 6.56 6.40 6.18 6.40 6.50
19 K 5.04 ± 0.05 5.12 5.12 5.08 5.03 5.12
20 Ca 6.32 ± 0.03 6.36 6.36 6.31 6.34 6.33

Notes. Preferred values are from this work except where noted.

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