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Periodic trend

Abundance in Crust

How much of Earth’s crust each element makes up. Spans twenty orders of magnitude, so this one is plotted on a log scale.

Abundance in Crust plotted against atomic numberAbundance in Crust for 90 of the 118 elements, from 3.0e-20 to 461,000 mg/kg. How much of Earth’s crust each element makes up. Spans twenty orders of magnitude, so this one is plotted on a log scale.12345673.0e-205.9e-141.2e-70.233461,000 Hydrogen (H): 1,400 mg/kg Helium (He): 0.008 mg/kg Lithium (Li): 20 mg/kg Beryllium (Be): 2.8 mg/kg Boron (B): 10 mg/kg Carbon (C): 200 mg/kg Nitrogen (N): 19 mg/kg Oxygen (O): 461,000 mg/kg Fluorine (F): 585 mg/kg Neon (Ne): 5.0e-5 mg/kg Sodium (Na): 23,600 mg/kg Magnesium (Mg): 23,300 mg/kg Aluminium (Al): 82,300 mg/kg Silicon (Si): 282,000 mg/kg Phosphorus (P): 1,050 mg/kg Sulfur (S): 350 mg/kg Chlorine (Cl): 145 mg/kg Argon (Ar): 3.5 mg/kg Potassium (K): 20,900 mg/kg Calcium (Ca): 41,500 mg/kg Scandium (Sc): 22 mg/kg Titanium (Ti): 5,650 mg/kg Vanadium (V): 120 mg/kg Chromium (Cr): 102 mg/kg Manganese (Mn): 950 mg/kg Iron (Fe): 56,300 mg/kg Cobalt (Co): 25 mg/kg Nickel (Ni): 84 mg/kg Copper (Cu): 60 mg/kg Zinc (Zn): 70 mg/kg Gallium (Ga): 19 mg/kg Germanium (Ge): 1.5 mg/kg Arsenic (As): 1.8 mg/kg Selenium (Se): 0.05 mg/kg Bromine (Br): 2.4 mg/kg Krypton (Kr): 1.0e-4 mg/kg Rubidium (Rb): 90 mg/kg Strontium (Sr): 370 mg/kg Yttrium (Y): 33 mg/kg Zirconium (Zr): 165 mg/kg Niobium (Nb): 20 mg/kg Molybdenum (Mo): 1.2 mg/kg Ruthenium (Ru): 0.001 mg/kg Rhodium (Rh): 0.001 mg/kg Palladium (Pd): 0.015 mg/kg Silver (Ag): 0.075 mg/kg Cadmium (Cd): 0.15 mg/kg Indium (In): 0.25 mg/kg Tin (Sn): 2.3 mg/kg Antimony (Sb): 0.2 mg/kg Tellurium (Te): 0.001 mg/kg Iodine (I): 0.45 mg/kg Xenon (Xe): 3.0e-5 mg/kg Cesium (Cs): 3 mg/kg Barium (Ba): 425 mg/kg Lanthanum (La): 39 mg/kg Cerium (Ce): 66.5 mg/kg Praseodymium (Pr): 9.2 mg/kg Neodymium (Nd): 41.5 mg/kg Samarium (Sm): 7.05 mg/kg Europium (Eu): 2 mg/kg Gadolinium (Gd): 6.2 mg/kg Terbium (Tb): 1.2 mg/kg Dysprosium (Dy): 5.2 mg/kg Holmium (Ho): 1.3 mg/kg Erbium (Er): 3.5 mg/kg Thulium (Tm): 0.52 mg/kg Ytterbium (Yb): 3.2 mg/kg Lutetium (Lu): 0.8 mg/kg Hafnium (Hf): 3 mg/kg Tantalum (Ta): 2 mg/kg Tungsten (W): 1.25 mg/kg Rhenium (Re): 7.0e-4 mg/kg Osmium (Os): 0.002 mg/kg Iridium (Ir): 0.001 mg/kg Platinum (Pt): 0.005 mg/kg Gold (Au): 0.004 mg/kg Mercury (Hg): 0.085 mg/kg Thallium (Tl): 0.85 mg/kg Lead (Pb): 14 mg/kg Bismuth (Bi): 0.009 mg/kg Polonium (Po): 2.0e-10 mg/kg Astatine (At): 3.0e-20 mg/kg Radon (Rn): 4.0e-13 mg/kg Francium (Fr): 1.0e-18 mg/kg Radium (Ra): 9.0e-7 mg/kg Actinium (Ac): 5.5e-10 mg/kg Thorium (Th): 9.6 mg/kg Protactinium (Pa): 1.4e-6 mg/kg Uranium (U): 2.7 mg/kg Period
90 of 118 elements have a measured value. Plotted on a logarithmic scale.3.0e-20 – 461,000 mg/kg

Highest

  1. 1O Oxygen461,000
  2. 2Si Silicon282,000
  3. 3Al Aluminium82,300
  4. 4Fe Iron56,300
  5. 5Ca Calcium41,500

Lowest

  1. 1At Astatine3.0e-20
  2. 2Fr Francium1.0e-18
  3. 3Rn Radon4.0e-13
  4. 4Po Polonium2.0e-10
  5. 5Ac Actinium5.5e-10

28 elements have no measured value for this property, so they are left out of the plot rather than drawn as zero. Almost all of them are synthetic elements that have never existed in weighable quantities.

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