You are composed of non-living things.
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Dead things.
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Re: Dead things.
Oooh I had no idea we were mostly oxygen, I always assumed it was carbon, - though I guess it makes sense since oxygen is rather reactive, I suppose it's in just about every other molecule? There's less calcium than I was expecting too, for all of our bones.Chemical composition of the human body by mass
Though if this is by mass, wouldn't that mean it would look be radically different if it was by number of atoms? Hydrogen would presumably go up to number one.
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Re: Dead things.
I think I'm running low on "other." Wonder where I could buy supplements... 
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Re: Dead things.
It's mainly due to the water, H2O, but most other organic molecules have a few oxygen atoms as well...Psychoserenity wrote:Oooh I had no idea we were mostly oxygen, I always assumed it was carbon, - though I guess it makes sense since oxygen is rather reactive, I suppose it's in just about every other molecule? There's less calcium than I was expecting too, for all of our bones.Chemical composition of the human body by mass
Though if this is by mass, wouldn't that mean it would look be radically different if it was by number of atoms? Hydrogen would presumably go up to number one.
Biology and Chemistry were my weeks points in science.
And certainly, if it was by number of atoms, Hydrogen would win hands down...
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Re: Dead things.
Ahh of course, that makes sense. Somehow that completely passed me by like I didn't think of water as an actual thing. I didn't actually consciously think it, but in my mind, once breaking things down into components, I suppose I was assuming a "dried" human.JimC wrote: It's mainly due to the water, H2O,
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Re: Dead things.
I love it when people say "The human body is 90% water!"
"Oh really, so you're less dense than a jelly fish?"
"Oh really, so you're less dense than a jelly fish?"
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