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Absorption of Minerals
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ABSORPTION OF MINERAL NUTRIENTS:

There are 118 or so different elements in this planet, (there are 80 elements have at least
one stable isotope and 38 of them are radioactive). Among the said elements Fe+(2+) is
found as the most abundant element on this planet. Hydrogen and N2 are the most
abundant elements in atmosphere. Such elements which are absolutely required for the
normal growth and development of the plant body are called essential nutrients. of which
fourteen or fifteen are absolutely required for the life processes without which plants
exhibit diseased symptoms and ultimately die. Among them, eight elements are required
in sufficient quantities, others in small quantities; the former referred to as
macronutrients and the latter as micronutrients or true elements. Nevertheless, plants
also contain elements other than the elements mentioned above, whose deficiency may
not cause any diseased symptoms or death and such elements are named as non essential
elements. The macronutrients are carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium,
calcium, sulphur, magnesium and iron. The micronutrients are manganese, zinc, boron,
copper, molybdenum and cobalt. Non-essential elements are sodium, aluminum, silicon,
chlorine, gallium, and others.

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process. Supernovae are needed to produce "heavy" elements (those beyond iron and

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