Low viscosity of the Earth’s inner core

The inner core of the Earth is formed of a crystalline solid which is mostly composed of iron. Here, the authors use molecular dynamics methods to show that the crystalline structure of the inner core may have a viscosity close to that of liquid iron, despite being a solid.

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Autores principales: Anatoly B. Belonoshko, Jie Fu, Taras Bryk, Sergei I. Simak, Maurizio Mattesini
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Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/482a9270736e458f94ab58652f556027
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