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Answer: metal inner core
Explanation:
It is made of the densest components & it is under the greatest compression; due to the overlying layers.
The inner core of Earth has the greatest density due to:
- The inner core is made of solid iron and nickel
- The inner core gets consolidated due to pressure exerted by the other top layers.
What are the different layers of the Earth?
Generally the Earth is made of three different layers:
- Crust- The outer layer
- Mantle - The Middle Layer
- Core - The Inner Layer.
Crust:
Outer layer of the Earth and is thin, brittle and cold compared to other layers.
It is majorly made of light elements especially silica, aluminum and oxygen.
The thickness of crust varies for for land and ocean where the former is thicker than latter.
Mantle:
It is around 3000 km thick and is the thickest layer of the Earth. It starts mere at 30 km from the earth's crust.
It is majorly made of Iron, Magnesium and silicon and is dense, hot and semi solid.
The upper part of the mantle is liquid in nature called as Asthenosphere and it is believed that tectonic plates rides upon here and slide across.
Core:
Core is further divided into Outer core and Inner core.
Outer core is made of iron and nickel and is liquid in nature. It is heated largely by the radioactive decay of the elements of the uranium and thorium and this liquid churn huge turbulent current.
Inner core is a solid metal ball having radius of 1220 km. It is extremely dense and is mostly made of iron and nickel.
The temperature of inner core is similar to that of the surface of sun along with high amount of pressure.
Thus this layer has the greatest density amongst all the layers of the Earth.
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