Studying the Different 'Flavors' of Iron around the Solar System (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

Studying the Different 'Flavors' of Iron around the Solar System

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This is a scanning electron microscope image of one of the experiments in Elardo and Shahar's paper that shows a bright, semi-spherical metal (representing a core) next to a gray, quenched silicate (representing a magma ocean).

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Image is courtesy of Stephen Elardo.

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