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For questions about the Earth's core. The center of the Earth is primarily iron-nickel.

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Why doesn't the Earth's outer core dissolve into the mantle?

These interaction would result in the outer core slowly dissolving away into the mantle. … Why is the outer core stable? As a bonus question inspired by this one: would any other blob of molten iron be stable anywhere in the mantle? …
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Is the iron on Earth's crust a leftover of the Iron catastrophe, or it was brought back by v...

I wonder if that much Iron is what didn't sink in the Iron catastrophe (just because the process wasn't perfect), or it can be explained by slow reloading with iron transported from the outer core and …
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Why the "Mission to Earth’s core" proposal suggests using liquid iron instead of lead?

Nature communications article "Mission to Earth's core — a modest proposal", suggests placing a large volume of liquid iron in a crack and let it sink all the way to the Earth's core, carrying along a …
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