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refining composition of a human being

j vdspek at xs4all.nl
Sun Jan 5 07:29:07 EST 2003


I am interested to find all ingredients for a human body;
Ive come up with this list from madsci.org, can anyone
point out any flaws, or refine this list ? I would like to
have a complete recipe.

Oxygen    65.0%
Carbon    18.5%
Hydogen    9.5%
Nitrogen    3.2%

Calcium    1.5%
Phosphorus    1.0%
Potassium    0.4%
Sulfur     0.3%
Sodium     0.2%
Chlorine    0.2%
Magnesium    0.1%
Iodine     0.1%
Iron     0.1%

< 0.5 %
Chromium
Cobalt
Copper
Fluorine
Manganese
Molybdenum
Selenium
Tin
Vanadium
Zinc

thanks !

Jonathan






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