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What is the primary basis on which we divide the ingredients of the solar nebula into the four categories hydrogen/helium, hydrogen compounds, rock, and metal?.

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Composition. The ingredients of the solar nebula fell into 4 categories based on their condensation temperatures: metals, rocks, hydrogen compounds (water, methane, ammonia), and light gasses (hydrogen and helium).

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