Human Infant's Chemical Formula Revealed

What does the human body look like on paper? For a biologist in Austin, it is 375 million hydrogen atoms, 132 million oxygen atoms and 85 million carbon atoms and 19 other elements.

Dr. Joe Hanson has given out the chemical formula for the human body at birth which he claims changes during lifetime as result of diet and environmental interaction. As we grow older, nearly 60 elements are traceable in the body, he claimed. The formula when written completely reads Co₁ Mo₃ Se₄ Cr₇ F₁₃ Mn₁₃ I₁₄ Cu₇₆ Zn₂₁₁₀ Fe₂₆₈₀ Si₃₈₆₀₀ Mg₄₀₀₀₀ C_l127000 K₁₇₇₀₀₀ Na₁₈₃₀₀₀ S₂₀₆₀₀₀ P_1020000 Ca_1500000 N_6430000 C_85700000 O_132000000 H_375000000, Daily Mail reports.

Dr. Hanson said most life comprises largely of four elements and the human body contains the equivalent of 16 kg of carbon. It also contains enough oxygen to fill the volume-equivalent of six elephants and hydrogen equivalent of a blue whale.

The formula was presented on PBS It's Okay to be Smart Youtube channel.

"The adult body contains traceable amounts of 60 elements and all the elements in the human body are worth $ 2,000 in the open market, though you can't really do that," he quipped.