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What chemical element is the most abundant in the earths continental crust by weight?
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∙ 12y ago
Oxygen!
ElementAbundance
percent by weightAbundance
parts per million by weightOxygen46.1%461,000Silicon28.2%282,000Aluminum8.23%82,300Iron5.63%56,300Calcium4.15%41,500Sodium2.36%23,600Magnesium2.33%23,300Potassium2.09%20,900Titanium0.565%5,650Hydrogen0.14%1,400
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agooxygen is the most abundent element present i n the earth crust by weight.Because it makes covelent bond with silicon to form silicates ,which react with other minoer elements of the earth to foem a huge number of silicate minerals.
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∙ 9y agoIn the Earth's crust, the most abundant element by weight is oxygen. The crust contains about 46.6 percent by weight. The second most abundant element is silicon at 27.7 percent by weight.
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∙ 7y agoIn the Earth crust oxygen is the most abundant.
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∙ 11y agoThat element is Oxygen by 46.6%
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∙ 10y agoOxygen 46.6%
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∙ 12y agoOxygen
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∙ 11y agowater
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What is the fifth most abundant element in the earths crust?
calcium is!
What element is a member of boron family and the most abundant of the earths crust?
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Which element is the most abundant metal in Earths crust?
The most common chemical elements in the crust are oxygen (46.6%), silicon (27.7), aluminum (8.1), iron (5.0), calcium (3.6), potassium (2.8), sodium (2.6), and magnesium (2.1).Oxygen is a non-metal and silicon is a metalloid - so the most common metal is aluminum.
How abundant is sulfur in the Earth's crust?
It makes up 99.99% of earths crust so it's not that abundant
Compared to earths continental crust earths oceanic crust is?
thinner and denser
What is the abundant element by weight in the earths crust?
That element is Oxygen by 46.6%
What is the fifth most abundant element in the earths crust?
calcium is!
I am the 2nd abundant element in the earths crust and have 14 neutrons?
Silicon
Which is the second most abundant element in the earths crust?
The second most abundant element in the Earth's crust is silicon, comprising 27.8% of the crust by mass.
What element is the second most abundant element in the earths crust- found in glass?
That would be silicon, or SiO2
The 2nd most abundant element in the earths crust and have 14 neutrons?
silicon
Third most abundant element in the earths crust?
Aluminum 7.5 to 8.1%
What is the 2nd most abundant element in the earths' crust?
Siliconsilicon at 28%silicon!
What element is a member of boron family and the most abundant of the earths crust?
goyttret
What is the second most abundant element on earths crust and is found in glass and sand?
silicon.
What element is a member of the boron family and is the most abundant metal on earths surface?
aluminum
What element is abundant in earths crust and combines with oxygen to form rocks and minerals?
Silicon
