In astronomy, solar abundances are often calculated or tabulated per 1012 H atoms. I understand that in case of the Sun this can be done because H atoms are in majority or are present for a scale comparision.
How can the same element abundance be calculated for an example meteorite which does not have any volatile gas such as H? In particular, I am referring to the table 1 of http://astro.uni-tuebingen.de/~rauch/TMAP/grevessesauval2001.pdf. It lists Solar abundance and lists meteorites abundance as a comparision. How have they calculated the element abundance for a meteorite in the log10epsilonH=12 scale?
Finally, I have a sample rock which has its's composition given in Weight of various oxides such as SiO2,MgO,FeO etc. I have to convert these into elemental abundances in log10epsilonH=12 scale. How should I do this?
Thanks in advance!
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