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Abundances of the Elements in the Sun

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We review the current status of our knowledge of the chemical composition of the sun and its evolution from core to corona. In spite of subtle variations, it is possible to define a standard chemical composition (Table 1), essentially derived from the analysis of the solar photospheric spectrum, together with important contributions from helioseismology as well as from observations of the solar upper atmosphere.

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  1. Institut d’Astrophysique et de Géophysique, Université de Liège, B-4000, Liège, Belgium

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  2. Observatoire Royal de Belgique, B-1180, Bruxelles, Belgium

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Grevesse, N., Sauval, A.J. (2002). Abundances of the Elements in the Sun. In: Manuel, O. (eds) Origin of Elements in the Solar System. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46927-8_23

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