What is the outer core made of?

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asked Jan 7 in Science by GeraldoPatte (1.7k points)

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answered Jan 7 by MarilouBinga (2.4k points)

liquid metal

Yes! The outer core, anyway. The outer core is liquid metal, like in this photo. Of course, the metal is under an incredible amount of pressure.

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