Chemical elements listed by their presence in human body


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The elements of the periodic table sorted by their presence in human body.

Click on any element's name for further information on chemical properties, environmental data or health effects. 

This list contains the 118 elements of chemistry.



The chemical elements of
the periodic chart sorted by:

Presence in human body (%)

Name of chemical element

Presence

- Name alphabetically 65 Oxygen in all liquids and tissues, bones, proteins
- Atomic number 18 Carbon everywhere
- Symbol 10 Hydrogen in all liquids and tissues, bones, proteins
- Atomic Mass 3 Nitrogen in all liquids and tissues, proteins
- Electronegativity 1,5 Calcium lungs, kidney, liver, thyroid, brain, muscles, heart, bones
- Density 1 Phosphorus urine, bones
- Melting point 0,35 Potassium enzymes
- Boiling point 0,25 Sulphur proteins
- Vanderwaals radius 0,15 Sodium in all liquids and tissues (in terms of salt)
- Year of discovery 0,05 Magnesium lungs, kidney, liver, thyroid, brain, muscles, heart
- Inventor surname traces Fluorine bones, teeth
- Elements in earthcrust traces Chlorine in bodyliquid
- Elements in human body traces Manganese enzymes
- Covalenz radius traces Iron enzymes
- Ionization energy traces Cobalt

For chemistry students and teachers: The tabular chart on the right is arranged by elements in human body.

The first chemical element with the highest percentage is Oxygen and the last one with the lowest percentage is Magnesium.

The unit for the elements in the human body is %.

Please note that the elements do not show their natural relation towards each other as in the Periodic system. There you can find the metals, semi-conductor(s), non-metal(s), inert noble gas(ses), Halogens,  Lanthanoides, Actinoids (rare earth elements) and transition metals.

 

 

traces Copper
traces Zinc
traces Selenium
traces Molybdenum
traces Iodine
minimum traces Lithium
minimum traces Aluminium
minimum traces Silicon
minimum traces Vanadium
minimum traces Arsenic
minimum traces Bromine
minimum traces Strontium
minimum traces Lead
  Helium
  Beryllium
  Boron
  Neon
  Argon
  Scandium
  Titanium
  Chromium
  Nickel
  Gallium
  Germanium
  Krypton
  Rubidium
  Yttrium
  Zirconium
  Nobelium
  Technetium
  Ruthenium
  Rhodium
  Palladium
  Silver
  Cadmium
  Indium
  Tin
  Antimony
  Tellurium
  Xenon
  Cesium
  Barium
  Lanthanum
  Cerium
  Praseodymium
  Neodymium
  Promethium
  Samarium
  Europium
  Gadolinium
  Terbium
  Dysprosium
  Holmium
  Erbium
  Thulium
  Ytterbium
  Lutetium
  Hafnium
  Tantalum
  Tungsten
  Rhenium
  Osmium
  Iridium
  Platinum
  Gold
  Mercury
  Thallium
  Bismuth
  Polonium
  Astatine
  Radon
  Francium
  Radium
  Actinium
  Thorium
  Protactinium
  Uranium
  Neptunium
  Plutonium
  Americium
  Curium
  Berkelium
  Californium
  Einsteinium
  Fermium
  Mendelevium
  Nobelium
  Lawrencium
  Rutherfordium
  Dubnium
  Seaborgium
  Bohrium
  Hassium
  Meitnerium
  Darmstadtium
  Roentgenium
  Ununbium
  Ununtrium
  Ununquadium
  Ununpentium
  Ununhexium
  Ununseptium
  Ununoctium


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