Could Earth Explode?

reply to post by AnAbsoluteCreation

That said, what would happen if a large enough quake cracked open the earth's crust causing insurmountable amounts of ocean water into the molten core?

Well, if you insist, in my experience from working with liquid metals with temperatures up to 1500 degrees Celsius, the water will have a superexpansion where it turns into steam with such a pressure build up that it will probably blow large chunks of Earth into outer space.

Water and molten metals or molten rocks, are not a safe mix.

Originally posted by AnAbsoluteCreation
As much as I would like to be agreeable. There is only ONE Earth. So it was linguistically accurate.

There are many lamps to reference.

AAC

musta been a "lava" lamp.

earth asplode?

fall down go
boom?

ever see the movie "The Core"?

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Originally posted by AnAbsoluteCreation
what would happen if a large enough quake cracked open the earth's crust causing insurmountable amounts of ocean water into the molten core?

First of all is this even possible, and if not, why? And wouldn't the steam reaction be enough to blow every opening on the surface.
AAC

Based off this question, nothing would happen because it can't happen.

Earthquakes are pressure buildup and release in the Earth's crust. Then a thick mantle, then the core. So in short, no earthquake can do that.

Now if you want to make your statement true, now we need something strong enough to crack the mantle and expose the core. At this point, it doesn't matter if any amount of ocean gets to the exposed core or not, Earth is destroyed because of the amount of energy it took to break open the mantle.

Originally posted by Muundoggie
reply to post by YourForever

 

And in several BILLION years earth may look like Mars. Are you ready for that day?

maybe a little more like venus then mars...

Originally posted by YourForever

Originally posted by spy66
The earth is borne(created) gets old. And die.

The Earth has existed without life before. As far as I know, it resembled modern day Venus.

To see the worst 'death' Earth could endure, look to Mars.

Alpha and Omega plain to see, we are moving away from the Sun inch by inch...

Isn't it obvious?

Away or into?.....If the sun is like the "central sun" then you can bet that mercury might get sucked into it and venus taking its spot and eath taking venus spot...etc.etc.. mars can be terraformed on its own all it need a little push closer to the sun.