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Air is a mixture of gases composed mostly of Nitrogen 78.084%, Oxygen 20.947%, Argon 0.934%, Carbon Dioxide 0.033. These make up around 99% of air

The rest is composed of things such as neon, helium, krypton, etc...

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Nitrogen (78%) and oxygen (21%) comprise 99% of earth's atmosphere.

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It depends where in the atmosphere you are, I believe the most abundant element in the air is hydrogen but for obvious reasons I wouldn't want to count out oxygen or carbon.

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Nitrogen, or N2, makes up about 78% of our atmosphere.

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Dry air at the earth's surface has a composition around 78% nitrogen (dinitrogen gas), 21% oxygen (dioxygen gas) and 1% argon gas.

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