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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