Science Art: Body-centered cubic (bcc) unit cell of iron, 2009

If you were curious about the crystalline structure of iron mentioned in the last post, here it is — a molecular diagram of the cubic form of iron that could be prevalent in the core of the Earth.

It’s by Wikimedia Commons user Solid State, who apparently also called it “Kubisch-raumzentrierte Elemntarzelle eines Eisenkristalls.”