Sentence examples for layer of molten from inspiring English sources

Beneath the crust lies a layer of molten rock and a core of molten iron and iron sulfide approximately 1,800 km (1,110 miles) in diameter.

Underlying the volcano is a massive layer of molten rock.

Look for a layer of molten lava to envelop the tristate area between 5 and 6 p.m., making the rush-hour commute a slushy mess.

Present-day mirrors are made by sputtering a thin layer of molten aluminum or silver onto the back of a plate of glass in a vacuum.

Chunks of grilled octopus on a scattering of white beans have a tantalizingly smoky quality, and the onion soup gets the job done, with a dense layer of molten cheese and a brawny stock splashed with wine.

It is now generally accepted that India's geographic position, continental outline, and basic geologic structure resulted from a process of plate tectonics the shifting of enormous, rigid crustal plates over the Earth's underlying layer of molten material.

Factories that produce plate glass — by pouring thin layers of molten silica onto baths of molten tin — can be hotter.

Magma is thought to be generated within the plastic asthenosphere (the layer of partially molten rock underlying the Earth's crust) at a depth below about 60 kilometres (40 miles).

K2CO3- and Li2CO3-containing Li2ZrO3 sample reacts with gaseous CO2 at 500 °C to form an outer layer of a molten liquid and a solid interior ZrO2 core.

Continents are great slabs of rock that float atop a layer of semi-molten rock called the mantle.

Similarly to aqueous electrolytes, the electric double layer of electrodes in molten salts is assumed to be composed of compact and diffuse layers.