<p>Does mineral weight contribute to the <a href="https://web.stanford.edu/group/Urchin/mineral.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">prevalence of minerals</a> in seawater? </p>

<p>Why is there five times more copper in seawater than Iron?
Why is there 4000 times more strontium in seawather than Iron, when strontium is 30% heavier?</p>

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2018-02-16T21:17:09.790Z
short answer, solubility. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solubility
John
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2018-02-17T08:27:45.913Z
living things need iron,a part of the answer is here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_fertilization
trond hansen
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2018-02-20T10:25:38.580Z
I figure that's why crabs have blue blood that uses copper. copper is Cu++ and iron is Fe++.
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Reason for higher content of Iodine and Copper than Iron in Seawater?
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# Reason for higher content of Iodine and Copper than Iron in Seawater?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-02-16)

Does mineral weight contribute to the [prevalence of minerals](https://web.stanford.edu/group/Urchin/mineral.html) in seawater?

Why is there five times more copper in seawater than Iron?
Why is there 4000 times more strontium in seawather than Iron, when strontium is 30% heavier?

**Tags:** ocean, geochemistry, water, salinity

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: short answer, solubility. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solubility  
> **username_2**: living things need iron,a part of the answer is here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_fertilization  
> **username_0**: I figure that's why crabs have blue blood that uses copper. copper is Cu++ and iron is Fe++.  

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