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Friday, June 8, 2012

What are the percentage contribution of the different Elements in the Human Body ?

Most of the human body is made up of water, H2O, with cells consisting of 65-90% water by weight. Therefore, it isn't surprising that most of a human body's mass is oxygen. Carbon, the basic unit for organic molecules, comes in second. 99% of the mass of the human body is made up of just six elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus.

  1. Oxygen (61%)
  2. Carbon (23%)
  3. Hydrogen (10%)
  4. Nitrogen (2.6%)
  5. Calcium (1.4%)
  6. Phosphorus (1.1%)
  7. Potassium (0.20%)
  8. Sulfur (0.20%)
  9. Sodium (0.14%)
  10. Magnesium (0.027%)
  11. Copper, Zinc, Selenium, Molybdenum, Fluorine, Chlorine, Iodine, Manganese, Cobalt, Iron (0.70%)
  12. Lithium, Strontium, Aluminum, Silicon, Lead, Vanadium, Arsenic, Bromine (trace amounts)

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