Chemistry - What is dust made of?

Solution 1:

The dust in the house mostly contains sand, dirt and dead skin cells.

First, let's start with the easiest, sand. The chemical formulae of sand is $\ce{SiO2}$, so it contains silicon and oxygen.

Next, dirt has rock, sand, and clay. Sand is made of silicon and oxygen. Rock is mostly made up of graphite (carbon) and some minerals like phosphorus and silicon. Clay is made up of silicon and oxygen and some minor minerals like aluminium.

Lastly, dead skin, like other organic compounds, contains carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, maybe some nitrogen as it may have protein in it.

So basically, dust is made up of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, silicon, phosphorus and some minor minerals.

Solution 2:

Dead skin, like other organic compounds, contains carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, maybe some nitrogen as it may have protein in it. So basically, dust is made up of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, silicon, phosphorus and some minor minerals (Assan Reza chems. Hons.preparing civil service).