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Eutectic Iron Life I was reading about the rogue planet PSO J318.5-22 which is thought to have molten iron rain and things like that, and I vaguely remembered from uni that almost all iron mixtures have a slushy eutectic phase. So I got to thinking, could you have life based on the impurities and crystal structures i... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |
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What would a Vanadium-rich world look like? On a world where Vanadium was the most abundant metal in the crust, with levels similar to Aluminium or Iron on Earth, would you expect to see unusual minerals and rock formations? Massive overabundance of Vanadium on this world is kinda the simplest way I could come up with to explain a lot about ... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |