how hot is lava inside a volcano?

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Answer 1

It's called magma while still inside the Earth, once erupted it's called lava. Wikipedia has a good description:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magma

Magma is molten rock located beneath the surface of the Earth (or any other terrestrial planet), and which often collects in a magma chamber. Magma may contain suspended crystals and gas bubbles. By definition, all igneous rock is formed from magma.


Hawaiian underwater magma flowMagma is a complex high-temperature fluid substance. Temperatures of most magmas are in the range 700°C to 1300°C, but very rare carbonatite melts may be as cool as 600°C, and komatiite melts may have been as hot at 1600°C. Most are silicate solutions.

Answer 2

Not sure, but it's not called lava while it's inside a volcano, it's called magma.