Thread: Seriousness What Heats the Earth's Core?
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Old 10-03-2010, 11:18 AM   #29
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Originally Posted by kennyc View Post
Quit being a ditz Ardeegee.

What heats the Earth's core is a different question than Is the Earth's core still cooling off.

I explained this precisely to you above. Assuming you know the initial conditions you can make a case for the core not being hot from those initial conditions. Which is somewhat related to the initial link you posted about the age of the Earth but is not directly related to WHAT HEATS THE EARTHS CORE.

I know you'll come back again as say you're right, cause you always have to be right, but you are not in this point.



In science it is important to be precise.

Ok... now i am a bit confused too. I think we can say that what heats the Earth core (as far as our knowledge goes now) is (mainly) the radioactive decay of radioactive isotopes like Potassium 40, Uranium 238, 235, and Thorium 232. This does not answer your question?
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