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Earth scientists found the mutation in a metal with a truly unique way. It is iron oxide, which at high temperatures and high pressures respectively alter the electrical properties without changing the structure of a phenomenon observed for the first time.


The mutation

A change in materials properties "experiencing" extreme conditions (temperature, pressure, etc.) are common but such changes are usually accompanied by changes in the structure of materials. For the first time scientists have discovered a material, a metal in this case, which is changing the basic properties without changing its structure. Researchers at the Carnegie Institute for Science submitted in ... torture the iron oxide. The metal is exposed to gradually increasing atmospheric and higher pressures and temperatures similar to those found in Earth's core. At some point the metal is "experienced" pressurized 1.4 million times greater than that found at sea level and temperature of 2,200 degrees Celsius. As the researchers found the metal in these extreme conditions alter the electrical properties without changing structure . In these conditions the iron oxide may act insulating and conductive without changing structure. The discovery of the Earth's mantle, the solid layer that surrounds the liquid core, consisting for the most part by a mixture of magnesium oxide of iron. The discovery is expected to provide new data on the processes taking place inside of our planet and in particular the existence of a magnetic field. The research is published in the journal Physical Review Letters.