Constituent
Name
Ambient air in lab conditions
Family
gas
Class
molecular gas
Compound type
gas
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0 ± 0.001
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Mass fraction State Relevance Comments
N2 Nitrogen molecule 78.08 ± 0.01 0.755484247817692 ± 0.000309098802450464 mixed main
O2 Oxygen molecule 20.95 ± 0.01 0.231546065678897 ± 0.000175602954388364 mixed main
Ar Argon atom 0.934 ± 0.001 0.0128872900819188 ± 1.74201367644784e-05 mixed main
Ne Neon atom 1.818e-05 ± 2e-08 1.26715070988689e-07 ± 1.75015841556344e-10 mixed main
CO2 Carbon dioxide molecule 0.0005 ± 0.0001 7.60040223668881e-06 ± 1.52221666350879e-06 mixed main increased (breathing) and strongly variable in closed room
H2O Water molecule 0.012 ± 0.007 7.46693041850331e-05 ± 4.35780811254795e-05 mixed main average value at 20°C, 50% humidity. Strongly variable with humidity and T°: 0.024 at saturation @ 20°C
Chemical functions
  Function Number Relevance
ROH 2 main
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number Relevance
NN 1 main
O=O 1 main
=C=O 2 main
OH 2 main
Phase type
gas