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PRESENT COMPOSITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE:


The atmosphere is comprised of gases which are considered to be permanent (gases which remain essentially constant by percent) and gases considered to be variable (gases which have changing concentrations over a finite period of time).

PERMANENT gases in the atmosphere by percent are:

Nitrogen 78.1%
Oxygen 20.9%

(Note that these two permanent gases together comprise 99% of the atmosphere)

Other permanent gases:

Argon 0.9%
Neon 0.002%
Helium 0.0005%
Krypton 0.0001%
Hydrogen 0.00005%

VARIABLE gases in the atmosphere and typical percentage values are:

Water vapor 0 to 4%
Carbon Dioxide 0.035%
Methane 0.0002%
Ozone 0.000004%

The table comprising of gases of Atmosphere and their % in
http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/7a.html

2007-04-23 02:50:54 · answer #1 · answered by prthyu 3 · 0 0

any compound or element that can exist as a gas at STP conditions is present in the Earth atmosphere. for various reasons, most are in such small concentrations as to not be measureable. occassionally they can be artificially concentrated, for example carbon monoxide in an automotive shop or methane in a coal mine.

2007-04-23 09:03:03 · answer #2 · answered by lare 7 · 0 0

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2016-12-26 20:30:44 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0 0

Nitrogen 78.084% 99.998%
Oxygen 20.947%
Argon 0.934%
Carbon Dioxide 0.033%
Neon 18.2 parts per million
Helium 5.2 parts per million
Krypton 1.1 parts per million
Sulfur dioxide 1.0 parts per million
Methane 2.0 parts per million
Hydrogen 0.5 parts per million
Nitrous Oxide 0.5 parts per million
Xenon 0.09 parts per million
Ozone 0.07 parts per million
Nitrogen dioxide 0.02 parts per million
Iodine 0.01 parts per million
Carbon monoxide trace
Ammonia trace

2007-04-23 01:26:29 · answer #4 · answered by Rohan K 1 · 0 0

78% nitrogen
21% oxygen
1% various {eg Carbon dioxide,argon}

2007-04-23 09:43:43 · answer #5 · answered by Hzl 4 · 0 0

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