Our transcription: The outer part of the Earth's core is also still completely molten, but the inner core, although even hotter, remains solid.
This is due to the fact that when rock melts, it expands.
But at the center of the earth, the pressure of the 5,000 kilometers of overlying rock is so enormous that no expansion is possible, and, as a result, the superheated iron cannot turn liquid.
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