A Typical Analysis of Sea Minerals
The most common element in the Sea is Magnesium (Mg). Australian soils are sadly low in this element compared to other continents. To find out what minerals do for you please look at our page www.amenas.com.au/minerals-and-their-functions/ This explains the use of the most common dietary minerals.
MINERAL MAKEUP OF SEAWATER
In order of most to least: Please Note that Sodium Chloride has been mostly removed as Salt
|
ELEMENT |
MOLECULAR WEIGHT |
PPM IN SEAWATER |
MOLAR CONCENTRATION |
|
Chloride |
35.4 |
18980 |
0.536158 |
|
Sodium |
23 |
10561 |
0.459174 |
|
Magnesium |
24.3 |
1272 |
0.052346 |
|
Sulfur |
32 |
884 |
0.027625 |
|
Calcium |
40 |
400 |
0.01 |
|
Potassium |
39.1 |
380 |
0.009719 |
|
Bromine |
79.9 |
65 |
0.000814 |
|
Carbon(inorganic) |
12 |
28 |
0.002333 |
|
Strontium |
87.6 |
13 |
0.000148 |
|
Boron |
10.8 |
4.6 |
0.000426 |
|
Silicon |
28.1 |
4 |
0.000142 |
|
Carbon (organic) |
12 |
3 |
0.00025 |
|
Aluminum |
27 |
1.9 |
0.00007 |
|
Fluorine |
19 |
1.4 |
0.000074 |
|
N as nitrate |
14 |
0.7 |
0.00005 |
|
Nitrogen (organic) |
14 |
0.2 |
0.000014 |
|
Rubidium |
85 |
0.2 |
0.0000024 |
|
Lithium |
6.9 |
0.1 |
0.000015 |
|
P as Phosphate |
31 |
0.1 |
0.0000032 |
|
Copper |
63.5 |
0.09 |
0.0000014 |
|
Barium |
137 |
0.05 |
0.00000037 |
|
Iodine |
126.9 |
0.05 |
0.00000039 |
|
N as nitrite |
14 |
0.05 |
0.0000036 |
|
N as ammonia |
14 |
0.05 |
0.0000036 |
|
Arsenic |
74.9 |
0.024 |
0.00000032 |
|
Iron |
55.8 |
0.02 |
0.00000036 |
|
P as organic |
31 |
0.016 |
0.00000052 |
|
Zinc |
65.4 |
0.014 |
0.00000021 |
|
Manganese |
54.9 |
0.01 |
0.00000018 |
|
Lead |
207.2 |
0.005 |
0.000000024 |
|
Selenium |
79 |
0.004 |
0.000000051 |
|
Tin |
118.7 |
0.003 |
0.000000025 |
|
Cesium |
132.9 |
0.002 |
0.000000015 |
|
Molybdenum |
95.9 |
0.002 |
0.000000021 |
|
Uranium |
238 |
0.0016 |
0.0000000067 |
|
Gallium |
69.7 |
0.0005 |
0.0000000072 |
|
Nickel |
58.7 |
0.0005 |
0.0000000085 |
|
Thorium |
232 |
0.0005 |
0.0000000022 |
|
Cerium |
140 |
0.0004 |
0.0000000029 |
|
Vanadium |
50.9 |
0.0003 |
0.0000000059 |
|
Lanthanum |
139.9 |
0.0003 |
0.0000000022 |
|
Yttrium |
88.9 |
0.0003 |
0.0000000034 |
|
Mercury |
200.6 |
0.0003 |
0.0000000015 |
|
Silver |
107.9 |
0.0003 |
0.0000000028 |
|
Bismuth |
209 |
0.0002 |
0.00000000096 |
|
Cobalt |
58.9 |
0.0001 |
0.0000000017 |
|
Gold |
197 |
0.000008 |
0.00000000004 |
This is a makeup of seawater from https://web.stanford.edu/group/Urchin/mineral.html Seawater, amazingly, doesn't vary much in its mineral makeup from place to place.