article_snippet.sent: Dr Joe Hanson, a science writer and biologist based in Austin, TexasTexas, pondered this very question and now has calculated what the human body is in terms of chemical elements.
article_snippet.sent: , also calculated that the average human body has the equivalent of 16kg (35lbs) of carbon in the average human body and enough oxygen to fill a volume equivalent to 6 elephants.
article_snippet.sent: the average human body has the equivalent of 16kg (35lbs) of carbon in it and enough oxygen to fill a volume equivalent to 6 elephants said the average human body also contained enough hydrogen to fill the volume of a blue whale and the same amount of nitrogen as is found in 400 litres of urine.
article_snippet.sent: the average human body has the equivalent of 16kg (35lbs) of carbon in it and enough oxygen to fill a volume equivalent to 6 elephants said: 'The average adult contains detectable amounts of 60 elements, mostly just traces of our diet and environment that have built up over time.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Hanson has worked out what the average human body would look like as a chemical formula (above) the average human body contains around 16kg (35lbs) of carbon.