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To: meyer

I thought it was millions of degrees. A Nobel-winning scientist said so.


18 posted on 07/28/2013 7:11:53 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: Sherman Logan
I thought it was millions of degrees. A Nobel-winning scientist said so.

Might well be a lot hotter than the number I quoted. I did a quick, cheap "wiki" check on lava and came up with that figure. But lava flow has already been cooled by the ambient air and the adjacent earth crust, which is a LOT cooler than the lava itself.

19 posted on 07/28/2013 7:16:20 AM PDT by meyer (What would John Hancock do?)
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