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Table 2

Comparison of different element abundances given in % mass fractions used in this work.

BSE BSE12 BSE15 CC MORB CI PWD Earth Archean Solar
1 1(*) 1(*) 2 3 4 5(†) 1(∇) 1(*) 6
H 0.006 1.198 1.457 0.045 0.023 1.992 0.3341 2.309 98.4
C 0.006 0.0054 0.005 0.199 0.019 3.520 1.2 1.957 0.0052 0.316
N 8.8E-05 7.9E-05 7.7E-05 0.006 5.5E-05 0.298 0.02533 7.6E-05 0.092
O 44.42 49.280 50.320 47.20 44.5 46.420 41.0 50.100 49.880 0.765
F 0.002 0.0018 0.0017 0.053 0.017 0.0059 0.04816 0.0017 0.000067
Na 0.29 0.260 0.253 2.36 2.012 0.505 2.145 0.251 0.0039
Mg 22.01 19.69 19.180 2.20 4.735 9.790 18.0 1.999 19.010 0.094
Al 2.12 1.897 1.847 7.96 8.199 0.860 0.27 7.234 1.831 0.0074
Si 21.61 19.33 18.830 28.80 23.62 10.820 18.0 26.17 18.670 0.089
P 0.008 0.0072 0.0070 0.076 0.057 0.098 0.22 0.06906 0.0069 0.00078
S 0.027 0.024 0.024 0.070 0.110 5.411 3.3 0.06361 0.023 0.041
Cl 0.004 0.0036 0.0035 0.047 0.014 0.071 0.04271 0.0035 0.0011
K 0.02 0.018 0.017 2.14 0.152 0.055 1.945 0.017 0.00041
Ca 2.46 2.201 2.143 3.85 8.239 0.933 6.9 3.499 2.125 0.0086
Ti 0.12 0.107 0.105 0.401 0.851 0.046 0.3644 0.104 0.00042
Cr 0.29 0.260 0.253 0.013 0.033 0.268 0.01181 0.251 0.00222
Mn 0.11 0.098 0.096 0.072 0.132 0.195 0.06543 0.095 0.0014
Fe 6.27 5.610 5.463 4.32 7.278 18.710 10 3.926 5.416 0.172

sum 99.77 99.99 100.00 99.81 99.99 100.00 99.73 100.00 100.00 100.00

Notes. (*) Element abundances based on BSE abundances, but altered by the addition of H2O, see Sect. 2.3. (†) The PWD data is completed by taking the missing element abundances from BSE, MORB, or CI as indicated. (∇) The element abundances are created by a fit to Earth atmospheric concentrations, see Appendix A.

References. (1) Bulk Silicate Earth: Schaefer et al. (2012). (2) Continental Crust: Schaefer et al. (2012). (3) Mid Oceanic Ridge Basalt: Arevalo & McDonough (2010). (4) CI chondrite: Lodders et al. (2009). (5) Polluted White Dwarf: Melis & Dufour (2016). (6) solar: Asplund et al. (2009).

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