Electrons to take into account inside the Earth
According to researchers at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in California, the spin of electrons on iron minerals inside the Earth influences the characteristics of these minerals.
To reach this conclusion, the researchers subjected to extreme temperatures and pressures minerals containing iron, ferroperiklasas, about 2,000 km deep on the earth's surface, under conditions found in the inner mantle. Thus, researchers found that as minerals are pressed and heated, the spin of electrons changes. They showed that this influences on a large scale, that is, that the characteristics of minerals vary according to the spin of electrons. For example, sound influences the speed of the ore.
Therefore, the geologists who have carried out the study consider that in the modeling of the internal structure of the Earth must take into account the transition areas spin.
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