Slate is a hard and brittle rock.
It is the Earth's crust.
Hard, but easily breakable - dry and brittle.
The lithosphere, which consists of the crust and uppermost mantle, is considered hard and brittle, unlike the asthenosphere, where rock is considered ductile.
Yes, zinc is brittle at room temperature but at higher temperature is is very malleable.
Hardness is the question of how difficult it is to make an impression on a substance. Brittleness is the question of how easy it is to break. Granite is a stone which is very hard but not brittle--it is hard to carve and also hard to break. A plank of wood is not as hard as stone but is not very brittle. You can carve on it with a knife but it won't shatter if you drop it. Glass is hard and brittle. Chalk is not hard but it is brittle.
No slate is very hard and brittle.
When it is heated, it becomes very brittle....And it is very hard to work.
brittle
hard and brittle so YES
hard and brittle so YES
Slate is a very hard but brittle sedimentary rock. It is mainly used as roofing tiles.
Ionic solids are brittle and hard as they are bonded with electrostatic bonds.
Liquid nitrogen has very low temperature, hence parts of flower which is having lot of water content gets solidified and become brittle and hard.
brittle meaning EASILY BREAKABLE so i don't think it is brittle...
hard
Iridiumis a very hard/brittle metal with the atomic number 77.