• Question: How hot is the lava inside the volcano?

    Asked by wiktor123 to Mike on 4 Jul 2012.
    • Photo: Michael Cook

      Michael Cook answered on 4 Jul 2012:

      Really hot! I did some research, and lava can be as hot as 1200 degrees when it erupts out of a volcano! That’s hot enough to melt most metals – only very strong ones like platinum and some types of steel could survive!

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