The iron and nickel in the inner core are hotter than the surface of the sun. It is hot that it should liquid. Why isn’t it?

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Alexei Khlebnikov · Answer 1 · 2021-02-12T05:15:54+0000

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Iron and nickel are heavy materials but the reason they stay solid in the Earth's core where temperatures can reach 5,427 C is because of the very intense pressure in the core to the point that all the metals are extremely cramped up together that prevents them from melting

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The iron and nickel in the inner core are hotter than the surface of the sun. It is hot that it should liquid. Why isn’t it?

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