These are plasmas, the electrons are taken away from the atoms and they are mixed with bare nuclei. You can compress a plasma to degenerate levels when quantum mechanics exclusion principle takes over. These densities are even more enormous. Giovanni
On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 3:04 PM, ChemE Stewart <cheme...@gmail.com> wrote: > Last time I checked most solids and liquids were > mostly "non-compressible", at least in our macro world. Liquid Water > density changes only 4% over a wide range > > > On Monday, January 21, 2013, Giovanni Santostasi wrote: > >> In fact, it is mostly hydrogen and helium. >> This to show that you can have iron at the core of earth with higher >> density that what iron has at atmospheric pressure. The density is >> determined by the pressure and temperature not just the type of material. >> When we quote densities of materials most often we mean at atmospheric >> pressure. >> Giovanni >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 2:57 PM, ChemE Stewart <cheme...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >> Works for me, I never said it was iron >> >> >> On Monday, January 21, 2013, Giovanni Santostasi wrote: >> >> The sun core has a density 20 times higher than iron at atmospheric >> pressure. >> Giovanni >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 2:54 PM, ChemE Stewart <cheme...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >> I have not calculated it yet, but I think it is a black hole with enough >> entropic gravitational pull to trigger fusion around it. >> >> Could you run that calc for me? >> >> >> On Monday, January 21, 2013, Giovanni Santostasi wrote: >> >> Chem, what is the density of the core of the sun? >> Plasma can be squeezed to ultra high density under high pressure. >> Giovanni >> >> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 2:47 PM, ChemE Stewart <cheme...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >> I was thinking a plasma was less dense. Maybe you meant a Bose Einstein >> condensate or something similar? >> >> *Plasma* is similar to a gas, in which a certain proportion of its >> particles are ionized. Gases contain molecules bonded with molecular >> bonds.In stars or in case of high temperatures, the molecular bonds of >> gases are dissociated & then due to high temperature it suffers further >> heating <http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_plasma_more_dense_than_gas#> & >> finally forms so called plasma. They have density about [1 part./meter cube >> -1032 part./meter >> cube<http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_plasma_more_dense_than_gas#> >> ]. >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Giovanni Santostasi < >> gsantost...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> It is denser because the iron is in a plasma form under a lot of >> pressure, so it can be compacted. >> Giovanni >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 2:26 PM, ChemE Stewart <cheme...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >> From You >> >> "Gravity was dominant force. People do simulations of this stuff and they >> work" >> >>