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The Chemical Composition of the Solar System

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Elemental abundances in CI-chondrites are compared to recent photospheric data. Resulting issues for solar system abundances are noted.

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Work supported by NSF AST1517541.

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Lodders, K. (2019). The Chemical Composition of the Solar System. In: Formicola, A., Junker, M., Gialanella, L., Imbriani, G. (eds) Nuclei in the Cosmos XV. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 219. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13876-9_27

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