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The Mohs scale of mineral hardness is generally used to determine the hardness of a mineral. The Mohs scale rates the ability of mineral to scratch or be scratched by another mineral.
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Scientists use this to determine a minerals resistance to being scratched?
A mineral's resistance to being scratched is known as it's hardness. You can determine hardness by scratching it with another material whose hardness is already known. If it can be scratched, then the hardness is lower. If the unknown leaves a scratch on the known material, then its hardness is higher.
What test do geologists use to determine the hardness of a mineral?
the streak test
What would you use the Mohs scale of hardness for?
to identify a mineral
What is the mineral with a hardness of 1 on the Mohs scale?
Talc is the mineral with a hardness of 1 on the Mohs scale.
Describe how you can test a mineral to determine its hardness density and streak?
Hardness: Try to use it to scratch other minerals and have other minerals scratch it. Take for example quartz. It's a 7.0 and will scratch every mineral below a 7.0 on the Mohs hardness scale. However, it will be scratched by everything above it such as Diamond (10.0) and Corundum( rubies andsapphires, 9.0)Streak: Use a streak plate and simply run the mineral down the plateDensity: Find the mass and volume of the mineral. For volume you'll more than likely, have a mineral that will beirregularlyshaped. You'll have to use the displacement method by filling a graduatedcylinderwith x amount of water and put the mineral inside subtracting and before and after water placement and find the difference. After this, you'll divide the mass by volume and you'll get your answer to the density of the mineral.
To determine the hardness of a mineral what do scientists use.?
the mohs scale
Scientists use this to determine a minerals resistance to being scratched?
A mineral's resistance to being scratched is known as it's hardness. You can determine hardness by scratching it with another material whose hardness is already known. If it can be scratched, then the hardness is lower. If the unknown leaves a scratch on the known material, then its hardness is higher.
How do you test a mineral for hardness?
Well. You can do many things like use the Mohs Hardness Scale or determine the hardness by the streak.
Scientists usw this to determine a mineral's resistance to being scratch?
Scientists use the hardness test, and more specifically Mohs Hardness Scale, named after a Freidrich Mohs, a German mineralogist. Mohs Hardness Scale test can scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is softest and 10 is hardest.
What test do geologists use to determine the hardness of a mineral?
the streak test
Scientist use this to determine a mineral's resistance to being scratched?
Mohs scale of hardness
A scale used to measure the hardness of rocks?
The Mohs scale is used to determine the relative hardness of minerals.
What is the use of the hardness scale?
Minerals have a fairly specific range of hardness, based on the Mohs hardness scale. The Mohs scale is based on the ability of a mineral to be scratched, or scratch, another mineral. Using the Mohs scale to determine mineral hardness is one test that can be used to help identify one mineral from others.
What mineral does scientists use the mohs scale to identify?
Hardness, how easily it can be scratched
What scientist use to determine a minerals resistance to being scratched?
Moh's hardness scale was used to determine a mineral's resistance to being scratched. The tendency of a mineral to break along smooth flat surfaces is cleavage.
What are the the tests scientists use to identify minerals?
Hardness test based on the Mohs Scale of relative mineral hardness, specific gravity, streak test for mineral color, classification of mineral crystal system, chemical analysis.
How do you identify the property of a mineral but what does it mean where we say calcite has a hardness?
We use Mohs scale of mineral hardness to access the hardness of minerals, which calcite is one example.
