• Question: what atoms is the world made out of

    Asked by lukedenno to Cathal, Daphne, Darren, Jon, Katherine on 12 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Katherine Haxton

      Katherine Haxton answered on 12 Mar 2012:


      The Earth is made of lots of different types of atoms, about 32% iron, 30% oxygen, 15% silicon, 14% magnesium, 8% is made of sulfur, nickel, calcium and aluminium, and the rest from most of the other elements in the periodic table.

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