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Prasanna
Feb 15, 2022, 7:54 AM
A quirky material that behaves like a mishmash of liquid and solid could be hidden deep in the Earth.
Computer simulations described in two studies suggest that the material in Earth’s inner core, which includes iron and other, lighter elements, may be in a “superionic” state. That means that while the iron stays put, as in a solid, the lighter elements flow like a liquid.
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