why is the earth's interior in most part found in a solid state despite great heat and pressure
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Heat from the core causes the hotter rocks to slowly rise in giant convection cells. ... Inner core is made up on iron and nickel alloy with some silica, hydrogen, oxygen and carbon. There, these elements may be as in close packed solid state due to very high pressure, and temperature may be isotheral in core
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Great pressure is what causes the core to behave like solid rather than liquid.
Due to the immense pressure of upper layer of earth on core the pressure can reach as high as thousands of thousands tons per second inch
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