Atomic motion still (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Atomic motion still

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A model of iron atoms on the move in Earth's inner core. The model demonstrates how iron atoms are expected to move about in the Earth’s inner core over 10 picoseconds.. One picosecond is one trillionth of a second. 

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Zhang et al.

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