Talk:Chemical makeup of the human body
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[edit] Factual Dispute
Magnesium Appears twice in the pecentages --WildKard84 03:53, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
- No it doesn't. You might be looking at "Manganese". --Khaydarian 21:26, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Other Discussion
This is an odd article. Why are some chemicals given as compounds, and others as elements? Why aren't the trace elements listed (as without them, we die)? Why are some "chemicals" listed as volumes and others as weights? Surely weight should be listed throughout, at the very least. I'd prefer a numerical breakdown in terms of the number of atoms. Just some thoughts. Sliggy 23:09, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
- I do not know of any lists by the number of atoms, but as of my reply the list does contain trace elements. Fatalserpent 23:22, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
I have a feeling this list comes from the list quoted at the beginning of the anime series Fullmetal Alchemist. See this episode summary: [1]. I don't know how necessary this list is, anyway, given that there's already a decent list over at Abundance_of_the_chemical_elements#Human_body, but without the table. - Gemtiger 15:34, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
- This list is indeed cited in Fullmetal Alchemist, however it is a complete list cited in scientific and referene publications. Fatalserpent 23:20, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
I think this one was here first, this ones a more complete listing of the human body Shadowbeast 03:02, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
- But there are no references. How do we know it's accurate? And if someone cites a cartoon as the source I'll immediately put this up for a RFD vote. :) --ElKevbo 05:02, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
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- As I have noted above, the cartoon is not neccesarily the source, just another thing that cites it... Not all fiction is completely made up ;) Fatalserpent 23:23, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
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I don't think they gave the percents in the cartoon... Not sure I've only seen that episode (with my own eyes which I never trust) once, here I dug up the book/arthur/page that contains it, you guys can put it in there if you please: Pocket Ref. (Third Edition) Thomas J. GLover, Pg. 324. I belive that's sufficient for now but I'll get the copyright information if neccisary. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Shadowbeast (talk • contribs) 18:41, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
- If that's the case then I suggest the table be merged into Abundance_of_the_chemical_elements#Human_body, and the cartoon stuff deleted, since it's not a reliable source for information like this. - Gemtiger 05:22, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
- If you would could you move it there? There isn't anything from a cartoon and I have the source up above I'm just not very good at merging things so I can't really do it myself (I'm terrible at making things look nice.)
