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Buckeye_Democrat

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6. Liquid metallic hydrogen.

Reply to Mister Ed (Reply #4)

Fri Jan 27, 2017, 12:29 AM

Jan 2017

https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/09aug_juno3

Jupiter's strangest feature, however, may be a 25,000 mile deep soup of exotic fluid sloshing around its interior. It's called liquid metallic hydrogen.

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So, when do we get Staph Jan 2017 #1

We've had it for years. Quackers Jan 2017 #5

Hee! Staph Jan 2017 #9

That was very cool. aquamarina Jan 2017 #2

Metastable? Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #3

Does the core of Jupiter consist of metallic hydrogen? Mister Ed Jan 2017 #4

Liquid metallic hydrogen. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #6

Thank you. A fascinating read. n/t Mister Ed Jan 2017 #7

"Could". **IF** it survives at lower pressures; not yet proven. nt eppur_se_muova Jan 2017 #8