Iron and nickel.
Iron-nickel & alloyIron (Fe) and Nickel (Ni).
The outer core is a layer of the Earth, the second to last layer. It creates the Earths Magnetic field by moving around the inner core. There are two metals that make up the outer core, these two metals are iron and nickel. The inner core is so hot that it melts the nickel and iron turning it into liquid magma.
the solid inner core and the liquid outer core
The earth's core isn't entirely solid. In fact the earth's core is slit into two main sections. The inner core (which is solid) and the outer core which is liquid. This is because the melting point of materials varies depending on the applied pressure. As pressure increases so to does the melting temperature. This relationship is normally shown in a phase diagram. The main constituent of the inner core is iron and the inner core pressure is approximately 330-360 GPa while the temperature varies from approximately 5000 to 7000 K. The extremely high pressures in the Earth's inner core therefore drive the melting point of the iron up beyond the temperature that occurs and the metals of the inner core cannot melt.
The two metals found in the outer core is Iron & Nickel
Iron-nickel & alloyIron (Fe) and Nickel (Ni).
Iron-nickel & alloyIron (Fe) and Nickel (Ni).
The outer core is a layer of the Earth, the second to last layer. It creates the Earths Magnetic field by moving around the inner core. There are two metals that make up the outer core, these two metals are iron and nickel. The inner core is so hot that it melts the nickel and iron turning it into liquid magma.
Iron and nickel compose the bulk of the inner and outer core of the Earth.The bulk of the inner and outer cores, around 80%, are composed of iron. A substantial amount, around 10%, is composed of nickel, and the remainder is a mixture of other elements.
Two metals found in the outer core include: Iron and Nickel.
The Earth's core is thought to be predominantly iron (85 %) with some (4-5%) nickel and the remainder oxygen, silicon, hydrogen and carbon and a number of siderophile (iron liking) elements that descended to the core with iron during planetary differentiation. The inner core is solid and the outer core, liquid.
the solid inner core and the liquid outer core
The earth's core isn't entirely solid. In fact the earth's core is slit into two main sections. The inner core (which is solid) and the outer core which is liquid. This is because the melting point of materials varies depending on the applied pressure. As pressure increases so to does the melting temperature. This relationship is normally shown in a phase diagram. The main constituent of the inner core is iron and the inner core pressure is approximately 330-360 GPa while the temperature varies from approximately 5000 to 7000 K. The extremely high pressures in the Earth's inner core therefore drive the melting point of the iron up beyond the temperature that occurs and the metals of the inner core cannot melt.
the two parts of the core are the inner core and the outer core
The two metals found in the outer core is Iron & Nickel
The two metals found in the outer core is Iron & Nickel
the two parts of the core are the inner core and the outer core