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The answer is that no one really knows for sure, but the science of physics and the study of meteorites leads to the belief that around 80% of the outer core is liquid iron, with the bulk of the remaining percentage composed of liquid nickel, along with a smattering of a few lighter elements.
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What is main difference between inner and outer core of earth?
The inner core is located below the outer core with a reasonably higher temperature. The outer core also contains elements such as liquid iron and nickel while the inner core has others. Sorry if I am not being giving a huge amount of details.
Is the inner core outer core mantle or crust have liquid?
outer core
What type of rock is found in the outer core?
There is no rock in the outer core. The outer core is liquid iron-nickel.
What is the composition of Earth's inner and outer cores?
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.
What is the third layer of the earth?
the outer core the outer core
Is earths outer core liquid or solid?
So far as science can deduce, it must be a solid.
What does the inner and outer core have in common?
inner core mainly consists of iron, nickel and some lighter elements outer core mainly consists of iron, some nickel.
What is main difference between inner and outer core of earth?
The inner core is located below the outer core with a reasonably higher temperature. The outer core also contains elements such as liquid iron and nickel while the inner core has others. Sorry if I am not being giving a huge amount of details.
Examples of the outer core?
The outer core is hotter then the inner core
What makes up the 1300 mile thick outer core?
molten iron and other metals and elements
What is thicker inner or outer core?
the outer core
What is the color the outer core?
the outer core is yellow
Does the inter core have more pressure then the outer core?
Yes, Inter core has more pressure than outer core and that's why outer core is solid, because there is not enough pressure in outer core.
Layer of the Earth made mostly of iron.?
Inner core, which is also the innermost region of the Earth.
What is the composition of the inner core and the outer core?
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.
What layer of earth is totally liquid?
A geophysicist may say that the earth has only one layer which is liquid, the outer core. However a hydrologist may also include the hydrosphere, although whether this can truly be considered a layer of the earth is debatable.
Is the inner core outer core mantle or crust have liquid?
outer core
