Difference between revisions of "Material/Constituent elements of air"

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Approximate composition of dry atmosphere by volume:

Element	% vol
Nitrogen	78.08
Oxygen	20.95
Argon	0.93
Carbon	< 0.01
Others	trace
Not included in above dry atmosphere:
Water vapour (variable)	~1%

Source: NASA
Carbon dioxide updated (to 1998) by IPCC TAR table 6.1 [1]. Figure for carbon extrapolated from this
Edited text from [2]

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+|{{wp3|Nitrogen}} ||align = "right" | 78.08
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-|Oxygen ||align = "right" | 20.95
+|{{wp3|Oxygen}} ||align = "right" | 20.95
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-|Argon ||align = "right" | 0.93
+|{{wp3|Argon}} ||align = "right" | 0.93
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-|Carbon ||align = "right" | < 0.01 <!-- see note on talk (discussion) page for working -->
+|{{wp3|Carbon}} ||align = "right" | < 0.01 <!-- see note on talk (discussion) page for working -->
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-|Others ||align = "right" | trace
+|{{wp3|Others}} ||align = "right" | trace
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-|Water vapour <font size=1>''(variable)''</font> || align = "right" |~1% <!--need to do similar working on this (as with carbon above) to show as hydrogen-->
+|{{wp|Water_vapor|Water vapour}} <font size=1>''(variable)''</font> || align = "right" |~1% <!--need to do similar working on this (as with carbon above) to show as hydrogen-->
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