What baking soda and vinegar simulate, in a classic science fair experiment (4)

I believe the answer is:

lava

(Other definitions for lava that I've seen before include "Liquid rock" , "Hot flowing rock" , "dangerous fluid" , "Emanation from volcano" , "Outflow from volcano" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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