Magnesium becomes
a thermal blanket
Janet Kuypers
9/27/21 Twitter-length Periodic Table poem
for element #012, Magnesium (Mg)
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When scientists mixed deep-water & rock layers
at high pressures, like Neptune and Uranus,
they found Magnesium more soluble in water,
like salt in Earth’s oceans. So, Magnesium keeps
the heat in mantles of water-rich ice planets—
like it’s a thermal blanket, keeping itself warm.
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