If the Earth's inner core is so hot, then why isn't it molten rock?

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Chemistry

Jane Bernard

22 June, 23:00

If the Earth's inner core is so hot, then why isn't it molten rock?

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Gregory Compton · Answer 1

Because the sheer force of the gravity well the core and the rest of the planet produces as well as the immense force being acted upon it by the surrounding rock this prevents it from transitioning into a liquid.

Skylar Drake · Answer 2

I think is because the temperature of the sun is so hot too that in the South Pole and in the North Atlantic is cold so the temperatures stay in level