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What is used to test the hardness of minerals?
the mohs scale
Who devised scale to test the hardness of minerals?
Friedrich Mohs
What property do mineralogists test when using the Mohs' Scale?
This scale is correctly called the Mohs scale. Scientists use this scale to measure a rock's hardness or softness. They can discover how hard a mineral or rocks is and drill in to it and find out more about it.
A scale used to measure the hardness of rocks?
The Mohs scale is used to determine the relative hardness of minerals.
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 is the scale where you can test a mineral is hardness?
Mohs scale something like that sorry if it isn't accurate
How do you estimate the hardness of a mineral that i'snt on the mohs scale?
By undergoing scratch test.
What was F. Mohs scale called?
This scale was proposed by the Austrian geologist Friderich Mohs.
What numbers is Talc on Mohs Hardness test?
Talc is a mineral that ranks as the softest mineral on the Mohs Hardness Scale, with a rating of 1. This means that talc is very easily scratched by harder minerals.
What is the name of the mineral hardness scale?
It's called the Ore
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 is the hardness of diatomite on the mohs scale of hardness?
Diatomite has a hardness of around 5.5 on the Mohs scale of hardness.
