Chemical composition of the human body
Posted: June 13th, 2005, 4:56 pm
65% oxygen
18% carbon
10% hydrogen
3% nitrogen
1.5% calcium
1% phosphorus
0.4% potassium
0.3% sulfur
0.2% sodium
0.2% chlorine
0.1% magnesium
0.1% iodine
0.1% iron
Traces of: gold, silver, copper, aluminum, lead, brome, vanadium, fluorine, arsenic, zinc, cobalt
plus traces of a few other "less common" elements I didn't know existed (names like selenium, molbydenium, mofhnmqfliurehbqrlbgqlkerhbgclkbcenium, etc)
(all non-radioactive lol)
18% carbon
10% hydrogen
3% nitrogen
1.5% calcium
1% phosphorus
0.4% potassium
0.3% sulfur
0.2% sodium
0.2% chlorine
0.1% magnesium
0.1% iodine
0.1% iron
Traces of: gold, silver, copper, aluminum, lead, brome, vanadium, fluorine, arsenic, zinc, cobalt
plus traces of a few other "less common" elements I didn't know existed (names like selenium, molbydenium, mofhnmqfliurehbqrlbgqlkerhbgclkbcenium, etc)
(all non-radioactive lol)