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Earth cutaway from core to exosphere. Partially to scale. Travelling to the Earth's center is a popular theme in science fiction. Some subterranean fiction involves traveling to the Earth's center and finding either a hollow Earth or Earth's molten core. Planetary scientist David J. Stevenson suggested sending a probe to the core as a thought ...
The fictional native language of Sodor is "Sudric" or "Sudrian", a Goidelic language similar to Manx. [3]Many of the place names are based on Manx words, but often conforming to English word order, e.g. Killdane, which comes from "Keeill-y-Deighan" (Church of the Devil), [4] and the hills, called Knock and Cronk.
With the exception of its molten core, nearly all elemental iron on Earth is found as iron ores.All metallic iron was thought to have been transformed into iron oxides during the Great Oxidation Event, beginning roughly 2 billion years ago, among other theories.
A nuclear meltdown (core meltdown, core melt accident, meltdown or partial core melt [2]) is a severe nuclear reactor accident that results in core damage from overheating. The term nuclear meltdown is not officially defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency [ 3 ] or by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission . [ 4 ]
Earth's inner core is the innermost geologic layer of the planet Earth. It is primarily a solid ball with a radius of about 1,220 km (760 mi), which is about 20% of Earth's radius or 70% of the Moon's radius. [1] [2] There are no samples of the core accessible for direct measurement, as there are for Earth's mantle. [3]
The Chernobyl corium is composed of the reactor uranium dioxide fuel, its zircaloy cladding, molten concrete, as well as other materials in and below the reactor, and decomposed and molten serpentinite packed around the reactor as its thermal insulation. Analysis has shown that the corium was heated to at most 2,255 °C (4,091 °F), and ...
Soft On Demand (SOD), a Japanese porn company; Spear of Destiny (SOD), episode of video game Wolfenstein 3D. SOD, a video game art mod by Jodi (art collective) Stormtroopers of Death (S.O.D.), a New York crossover thrash band; S.O.D. - The Epic Years, a 1987 compilation album by Spear of Destiny (band) S.O.D., mixtape by Tony Yayo (2008)
A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality (Chinese: 凡人修仙传; pinyin: Fánrén xiūxiān chuán) [1] is a long online novel about cultivating immortals written by Wang Yu between 2008 and 2013 on Qidian.com. [2] After its publication, it gradually became one of the most famous novels about cultivating immortals in mainland China, [3] a very popular web novel topic in Chinese online ...