How hot lava can be?

Your skin can get instantly damaged at 182 degrees Fahrenheit, and the temperature of lava spewed by a volcano range from 1300 degrees to 2200 degrees Fahrenheit. You can make an estimate of how hot a lava can be.

Lava is the magma or molten or semi-molten rocks that erupt out of a volcano through the earth’s crust. Magma is found in the mantle or the layer between the core and the crust. When there is too much pressure and it becomes impossible for the gas to come out, the earth’s crust erupts, and magma comes out in the form of lava and it makes a volcano.

Magma contains molten rocks, gas like carbon dioxide and water vapor, and sulfur dioxide.


So, lava is extremely hot. According to Oregon State University, its temperature varies from 1,300 degrees Fahrenheit to 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit, depending on the nature of the rocks.

According to National Geographic, there are three types of magma, basaltic, andesitic, and rhyolitic.

The temperature of the basaltic lave ranged from 1832 to 2283 degrees, andesitic from 1742 to 2192, and rhyolitic from 1292 to 1652 degrees Fahrenheit.

FAQs

Q1. What is lava?
A1. Lava is the magma or molten or semi-molten rocks that erupt out of a volcano through the earth’s crust.

Q2. How hot lava can be?
A2. The temperature of lava ranged from 1,300 degrees Fahrenheit to 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit.