Is Earth's Core Rusting? – The Wire Science - The Wire Science

5/29/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 11 months ago
by Jiuhua Chen and Shanece S. Esdaille
by Jiuhua Chen and Shanece S. Esdaille
Deep below Earth’s surface – 2,900 km deep, to be precise – is a mass of mostly molten iron forming the planet’s outer core. Could it rust as well?
A close view of rush on iron. Photo: Laitr Keiows/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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