Abundance ratios and galactic chemical evolution

1997
ANNUAL REVIEW OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
The metallicity of stars in the Galaxy ranges from [Fe/H] = -4 to +0.5 dex, and the solar iron abundance is epsilon(Fe) = 7.51 +/- 0.01 dex. The average values of [Fe/H] in the solar neighborhood, the halo, and Galactic bulge are -0.2, -1.6, and -0.2 dex respectively.