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18. Composing about 78 percent of the air at sea level, what is the most common gas in the Earth's atmosphere?

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William & Mary professor Elizabeth Harbron displays vials with merocyanine and rhodamine dye in her lab in Williamsburg, Va.

Carbon dioxide

Oxygen

Nitrogen

Hydrogen

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