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Hardest substance known to man?
Diamond
Are diamonds the hardest substance known to man?
Diamonds are the HARDEST natural material. Mankind has created harder artificial materials.
Is boron nitride the second hardest substance after diamond known to man?
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Which mineral is the hardest known-to-man?
Diamond is still the hardest substance known to man. Various carbides such as tungsten carbide, boron carbide, and silicon carbide are also extremely hard, but you will notice that they all contain carbon (diamond is pure carbon - the rest are carbon compounds.)
What is the hardest eggshell known to man?
Pigpen
What is the hardest element known to man?
Diamonds.
What group contains the hardest metals known to man?
The hardest element is chromium, which is in group 6.
Which group contains the hardest metals known to man?
The hardest element is chromium, which is in group 6.
Why diamond is used for making protective windows for space satellites?
Hardest substance known to man; can't be scratched or cut by a passing meteor or other space debris.
What is the difference of pearl gemstone to a diamond gemstone?
Pearl is made by a living organism (an oyster) and is soft. Diamond is made deep in the earth and is the hardest substance known to man.
What is the the hardest substance known?
The hardest substance on earth are things called Carbon Nanotubes. It's quite some times harder than diamond earning it well above a 10 on the Mohs Scale. This object is synthetic, being made by man. However, there is another substance called Rhenium diboride that is also harder than diamond; another from of a nanotube.
WHAT IS HARDER GOLD OR DIAMOND?
Gold is very soft, almost useless for most engineering purposes. Diamond OTOH is the hardest substance known to man.
