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Saturday, 23 June 2012

Composition of Air

Average composition of earth's atmosphere ( up to an altitude of 25 km)
  • Nitrogen                 78.09%
  • Oxygen                   20.95%
  • Argon                       0.93%
  • Carbon dioxide        0.039%
and trace amount of other gases including Neon, Helium, Methane, Krypton, Hydrogen
Nitrous oxide, Carbon monoxide, Xenon, Ozone, Nitrogen dioxide, Iodine, Ammonia etc.  

Schematic diagram

Courtesy: bbc.co.uk

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