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97.2% of the Earth's water is salt water. The vast, vast majority of this salt water comes from the ocean(s).
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If you took all of the salt grains from all of the Earth's salt water, it would cover all of the continents to a height of almost 500 feet.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoDetailed composition of seawater
at 3.5% salinity
Element
Hydrogen H2O
Oxygen H2O
Sodium NaCl
Chlorine NaCl
Magnesium Mg
Sulfur S
Potassium K
Calcium Ca
Bromine BrAt.weight
1.00797
15.9994
22.9898
35.453
24.312
32.064
39.102
40.08
79.909ppm
110,000
883,000
10,800
19,400
1,290
904
392
411
67.3Element
Molybdenum Mo
Ruthenium Ru
Rhodium Rh
Palladium Pd
Argentum (silver) Ag
Cadmium Cd
Indium In
Stannum (tin) Sn
Antimony SbAt.weight
0.09594
101.07
102.905
106.4
107.870
112.4
114.82
118.69
121.75ppm
0.01
0.0000007
.
.
0.00028
0.00011
.
0.00081
0.00033Helium He
Lithium Li
Beryllium Be
Boron B
Carbon C
Nitrogen ion
Fluorine F
Neon Ne
Aluminium Al
Silicon Si
Phosphorus P
Argon Ar
Scandium Sc
Titanium Ti
Vanadium V
Chromium Cr
Manganese Mn
Ferrum (Iron) Fe
Cobalt Co
Nickel Ni4.0026
6.939
9.0133
10.811
12.011
14.007
18.998
20.183
26.982
28.086
30.974
39.948
44.956
47.90
50.942
51.996
54.938
55.847
58.933
58.710.0000072
0.170
0.0000006
4.450
28.0
15.5
13
0.00012
0.001
2.9
0.088
0.450
<0.000004
0.001
0.0019
0.0002
0.0004
0.0034
0.00039
0.0066Tellurium Te
Iodine I
Xenon Xe
Cesium Cs
Barium Ba
Lanthanum La
Cerium Ce
Praesodymium Pr
Neodymium Nd
Samarium Sm
Europium Eu
Gadolinium Gd
Terbium Tb
Dysprosium Dy
Holmium Ho
Erbium Er
Thulium Tm
Ytterbium Yb
Lutetium Lu
Hafnium Hf127.6
166.904
131.30
132.905
137.34
138.91
140.12
140.907
144.24
150.35
151.96
157.25
158.924
162.50
164.930
167.26
168.934
173.04
174.97
178.49.
0.064
0.000047
0.0003
0.021
0.0000029
0.0000012
0.00000064
0.0000028
0.00000045
0.0000013
0.0000007
0.00000014
0.00000091
0.00000022
0.00000087
0.00000017
0.00000082
0.00000015
<0.000008Copper Cu
Zinc Zn
Gallium Ga
Germanium Ge
Arsenic As
Selenium Se
Krypton Kr
Rubidium Rb
Strontium Sr
Yttrium Y
Zirconium Zr
Niobium Nb63.54
65.37
69.72
72.59
74.922
78.96
83.80
85.47
87.62
88.905
91.22
92.9060.0009
0.005
0.00003
0.00006
0.0026
0.0009
0.00021
0.120
8.1
0.000013
0.000026
0.000015Tantalum Ta
Tungsten W
Rhenium Re
Osmium Os
Iridium Ir
Platinum Pt
Aurum (gold) Au
Mercury Hg
Thallium Tl
Lead Pb
Bismuth Bi
Thorium Th
Uranium U
Plutonimu Pu180.948
183.85
186.2
190.2
192.2
195.09
196.967
200.59
204.37
207.19
208.980
232.04
238.03
(244)<0.0000025
<0.000001
0.0000084
.
.
.
0.000011
0.00015
.
0.00003
0.00002
0.0000004
0.0033
.
Note! ppm= parts per million = mg/litre = 0.001g/kg.
but mainly composed of Sodium chloride(common salt)68%, magnesium chloride14.6%, sodium sulphate11.4%, calcium chloride3.1% and water.
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∙ 9y agoThe salts in the ocean water are made up of nine ions. These are sodium, magnesium, calcium, potassium, chlorine, and sulfate. Sodium and chlorine are the most abundant.
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∙ 12y agoWater and quite a few minerals dissolved in it: Sodium -, magnesium -, calcium - salts like chloride, carbonates, sulfates.
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∙ 14y agoSalt duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!
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∙ 15y agoRegular sea water is about 3.5% salt. But the Dead sea salt percent is around 34%.
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∙ 14y agoEvery kilogram, or every litre, of seawater has approximately 35 grams (1.2 oz) of dissolved salts (mostly, but not entirely, the ions of sodium chloride: Na+, Cl−
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∙ 14y agoThe ocean is made of oxygen, salt, and water.
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∙ 12y agoPure water (hydrogen hydroxide, or, di-hydrogen oxide, i.e. H2O).
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∙ 15y agoThe jellyfish.
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What is the percent of pure water in the ocean?
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The Kidneys produce Urine.
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