Biologically Active Elements in the Periodic Table

Group

Period

1 2 3   4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
1
H
10%

He
2
Li

Be

B
trace

C
23%

N
2.6%

O
61%

F
trace
10 
Ne
3 11 
Na
0.14%
12 
Mg
0.03%
13 
Al
trace
14 
Si
0.03% 
15 
P
1.1%
16 
S
0.2%
17 
Cl
0.12%
18 
Ar
4 19 
K
0.4%
20 
Ca
1.5%
21 
Sc
  22 
Ti
23 
V
trace
24 
Cr
trace
25 
Mn
trace
26 
Fe
trace
27 
Co
trace
28 
Ni
trace
29 
Cu
trace
30 
Zn
trace
31 
Ga
32 
Ge
33 
As
trace
34 
Se
trace
35 
Br
trace
36 
Kr
5 37 
Rb
38 
Sr
39 
Y
  40 
Zr
41 
Nb
42 
Mo
trace
43 
Tc
44 
Ru
45 
Rh
46 
Pd
47 
Ag
48 
Cd
49 
In
50 
Sn
51 
Sb
52 
Te
53 
I
trace
54 
Xe 
6 55 
Cs
56 
Ba
71 
Lu
  72 
Hf
73 
Ta
74 
W
trace
75 
Re
76 
Os
77 
Ir
78 
Pt
79 
Au
80 
Hg
81 
Tl
82 
Pb
83 
Bi
84 
Po
85 
At
86 
Rn 
7 87 
Fr
88 
Ra
103 
Lr
  104 
Rf
105 
Db
106 
Sg
107 
Bh
108 
Hs
109 
Mt
110 
Uun
111 
Uuu
112 
Uub
113
Uut
114
Uuq
115
Uup
116
Uuh
117
Uus
118
Uuo
-  
*Lanthanides *   57 
La
58 
Ce
59 
Pr
60 
Nd
61 
Pm
62 
Sm
63 
Eu
64 
Gd
65 
Tb
66 
Dy
67 
Ho
68 
Er
69 
Tm
70 
Yb
 
**Actinides **   89 
Ac
90 
Th
91 
Pa
92 
U
93 
Np
94 
Pu
95 
Am
96 
Cm
97 
Bk
98 
Cf
99 
Es
100 
Fm
101 
Md
102 
No
 

for calculations see Elements Of Life Spreadsheet, which will open directly if you are running Explorer

Radioactive Decay of Elements Present In Biological Systems     
         
WebElements Atomic Molecular    
Biological Number Weight Weight Weight
Elements Z Daltons (%) (g)
O 8 16.00 61.000% 42700
C 6 12.01 23.000% 16100
H 1 1.01 10.000% 7000
N 7 14.01 2.600% 1820
Ca 20 40.08 1.400% 980
P 15 30.97 1.100% 770
K 19 39.10 0.200% 140
S 16 32.06 0.200% 140
Na 11 22.99 0.140% 98
Cl 17 35.45 0.120% 84
Mg 12 24.31 0.027% 18.9
Si 14 28.09 0.026% 18.2
Fe 26 55.85 0.0060% 4.2
F 9 19.00 0.0037% 2.59
Zn 30 65.38 0.0033% 2.31
B 5 10.81 0.00007% 0.049
I 53 126.90 0.00002% 0.014
Mn 25 54.94 0.00002% 0.014
Sn 50 118.70 0.00002% 0.014
Mo 42 95.94 0.00001% 0.007
Se 34 78.96 0.000005% 0.004
Cr 24 52.00 0.000003% 0.002
V 23 50.94 0.000003% 0.002
Co 27 58.93 0.000002% 0.001
    S 99.826% 69,878

        Number of Body Cells B 1E+14 ( )    
          Body Mass 70000 (g)    
          Avagadros number 6.02E+23 ( )    
                   
            grams atoms decays decays
  isotope abundance half-life decay reference person person person-year person-min
                   
14 C   5730 b- Australia       241,500
3 H 1.00E-17 12.43 b- Ottawa 7E-14 14053666667 565312416 1075
                   
48 Ca 0.00187 6.00E+18   Tokai 1.8326 2.30E+22 1916 0.0
                   
40 K 0.000117 1.28E+09   Tokai 0.01638 2.47E+20 9.666E+10 183,774
                S 426,349

 

References:

The Metals in the Biological Periodic System of the Elements: Concepts and Conjectures

Kegg's periodic table.

WebElements.

Three-D Periodic Table

The Visual Periodic Table


Created 7/26/00
By L. Van Warren

Last Updated on 9/2/2019