Tuesday 20 February 2024

Air Composition

Believe it or not Carbon-Dioxide is not the third most abundant gas in the atmosphere. Argon is the third most Abundant gas at just under 1% of the atmosphere composition. 

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Most of the atmosphere is made of Nitrogen (78%) Oxygen is 20.9 % of the atmosphere. Carbon-Dioxide comprises less than half of one percent of the Earth's atmosphere. 0.04 % to be exact. 

The Periodic Table by Tom Jackson (paper back)