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Space Science Reviews

, Volume 85, Issue 1–2, pp 161–174 | Cite as

Standard Solar Composition

  • N. Grevesse
  • A.J. Sauval
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Abstract

We review the current status of our knowledge of the chemical composition of the Sun, essentially derived from the analysis of the solar photospheric spectrum. The comparison of solar and meteoritic abundances confirms that there is a very good agreement between the two sets of abundances. They are used to construct a Standard Abundance Distribution.

Sun: abundances Meteorites: abundances Solar spectroscopy 
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  • N. Grevesse
    • 1
  • A.J. Sauval
    • 1
  1. 1.Institut d'Astrophysique et de GéophysiqueUniversité de LiègeLiègeBelgium (

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