The Sun: Man's Friend & Foe - The Elements of the Sun

This table of elements gives a breakdown of the elements that scientists believe the Sun is made of as well the proportions in which they are found in the Sun. You will notice that 99% of the Sun is made up of only 2 elements.

Element	Symbol	%	Element	Symbol	%
Hydrogen	H	92.1	Niobium	Nb	9 x 10 -9
Helium	He	7.8	Molybdenum	Mo	7.6 x 10 -9
Lithium	Li	4.6 x 10 -10	Technetium	Tc	---
Beryllium	Be	1.2 x 10 -9	Ruthenium	Ru	3.6 x 10 -9
Baron	B	< 10 -7	Rhodium	Rh	1.5 x 10 -9
Carbon	C	.030	Palladium	Pd	2.6 x 10 - 9
Nitrogen	N	.0084	Silver	Ag	6 x 10 -10
Oxygen	O	.061	Cadmium	Ca	5.8 x 10 -9
Flourine	F	3.6 x 10 -6	Indium	Ing	2.3 x 10 -9
Sulphur	S	.0015	Tin	Sn	2.9 x 10 -9
Neon	Ne	.0076	Terbium	Tb	2 x 10 -9
Sodium	Na	.00016	Dysprosium	Dy	1.1 x 10 -9
Magnesium	Mg	.0024	Holmium	Ho	3 x 10 -10
Aluminum	Al	.00023	Antimony	Sb	9 x 10 -10
Silicon	Si	.0031	Tellurium	Ie	9 x 10 -9
Chlorine	Cl	.00004	Iodine	I	2 x 10 -9
Argon	A	.00048	Xenon	Xe	9 x 10 -9
Potassium	K	.00001	Caesium	Cs	1.2 x 10 -9
Calcium	Ca	.00018	Barium	Ba	8.2 x 10 -9
Scandium	Sc	1.5 x 10 -7	Lanthanum	La	3.7 x 10 -9
Titanium	Ti	.0001	Cerium	Ce	5.8 x 10 -9
Vanadium	V	2.3 x 10 -6	Praseodymium	Pr	2.3 x 10 -9
Chronmium	Cr	.00007	Neodymium	Nd	5.5 x 10 -9
Magnese	Mn	.00002	Promethium	Pm	---
Iron	Fe	.0037	Uranium	U	1 x 10 -10
Cobalt	Co	.00001	Samarium	Sm	2.6 x 10 -9
Nickel	Ni	.000018	Europium	Eu	5 x 10 -10
Copper	Cu	2.9 x 10 -6	Erbium	Er	6 x 10 -10
Zinc	Zr	1.5 x 10 -6	Thulium	Tm	2 x 10 -10
Gallium	Ga	2.3 x 10 -8	Ytterbium	Yb	1.5 x 10 -9
Germanium	Ge	7.3 x 10 -8	Lutecium	Lu	4 x 10 -10
Arsenic	As	1.8 x 10 -8	Hafnium	Hf	6 x 10 -10
Selenium	Se	1.5 x 10 -7	Tantalum	Ta	2 x 10 -10
Bromine	Br	3.7 x 10 -8	Tungsten	W	9 x 10 -10
Krypton	Kr	1.5 x 10 -7	Rhenium	Re	1 x 10 -10
Rubidium	Rb	2.3 x 10 -2	Osmium	Os	7 x 10 -10
Strontium	Sr	6.5 x 10 -8	Iridium	Ir	6 x 10 -10
Kitrium	Y	5.8 x 10 -9	Platinum	Pt	7 x 10 -9
Zirconium	Zr	2.9 x 10 -8	Gold	Au	5 x 10 -10
Gadolinium	Gd	1.1 x 10 -9	Mercury	Hg	7 x 10 -10
Thallium	Tl	1 x 10 -10	Lead	Pb	5.5 x 10 -9
Bismuth	Bi	5 x 10 -10	Polonium	Po	---
Astatome	At	---	Thorium	Th	---
Protactinium	Pa	---