Re: Earth's internal heat
I agree to James, but I would like to add more.
Basically, as I have read, the internal heat of the Earth has 2 components.
1st- the Radioactive decay which takes place in the Earth's crust, and
2nd- The heat coming from the center of the Earth, as initially when the Earth formed lot of bombardment took place i.e. accretion took place and then there was a compaction with radioactivity taking place as well. Hence, when Earth's temperature reached about 1700 -1800 degree Celsius, the differentiation of Earth took place and all Iron sank inside the earth. This Fe-Ni center is still transmitting its heat outwards. This is the heat due to which our planet is still an active one.