Gold is very soft, almost useless for most engineering purposes. Diamond OTOH is the hardest substance known to man.
Diamond is harder than gold. Diamond ranks highest on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness, with a score of 10, while gold ranks around 2.5 to 3, which means it can be easily scratched by harder materials.
Diamond is the strongest material know to man.
Because there is less of them than gold and they are harder to mine.
it is harder to get than gold and the process is longer
Diamond is harder than gold because of its crystal structure. Diamond consists of carbon atoms arranged in a rigid, three-dimensional lattice structure which makes it extremely resistant to scratching or deformation. Gold, on the other hand, has a more loosely packed atomic structure which is why it is much softer and more malleable compared to diamond.
To burnish means to polish, and your question appears as though you want to use gold to polish a diamond. Since diamond is much harder than gold, if you attempted this task, you would simply burnish away the gold.
Diamond is harder than plastic.
Diamond is harder than onyx.
Diamond is harder than any metal.
No. Diamond is harder than emerald.
Diamond is harder than steel: you can scratch steel with a diamond, but steel will not scratch a diamond.
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