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Earth’s Core Might Contain Hidden Helium That Doesn’t Come From This World
Our planet’s core is made mostly of iron, but it might also contain primordial helium that formed just after the Big Bang. Helium normally has trouble bonding with other elements, but ...
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A new iron compound hints ‘primordial’ helium hides in Earth’s core
Earth’s core could contain helium from the early solar system. The noble gas tucks into gaps in iron crystals under high pressure and temperature.
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Discovery suggests there could be huge amounts of helium in Earth's core
They used a laser-heated diamond anvil cell to find this, and the discovery suggests there could be huge amounts of helium in the Earth's core. This could challenge long-standing ideas about the ...
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The fate of carbonate in oceanic crust subducted into earth's lower mantle
To answer that question, we performed laser-heated diamond anvil cell (LHDAC) experiments in the FeO–MgO–SiO2–CO2 (FMSC) and CaO–MgO–SiO2 –CO2 (CMSC) systems at lower mantle conditions, using the ...