Carbon because of Diamond!
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the hardest element is osmium, number 76 on the periodic table.
diamond
Yes.
Diamonds.
Earth would have to be the hardest of the Aristotelean Elements as it is the only solid one.
The hardest element is chromium, which is in group 6.
The hardest element is chromium, which is in group 6.
iron
Diamond is the hardest material known to man. Diamond is a form of carbon which has been compacted and gained a crystalline form due to intense pressure in the earth's crust. Therefore, carbon can be the hardest element.
Diamond is the hardest materail in the world
Hardness, as measured on the Mohs scale, *is* related to the element in question but a large part of what causes a substance to be "hard" or not is dependent on how the atoms are bound together and the circumstances of the environment. The hardest naturally occurring substance on earth is diamond, which is composed of Carbon on the periodic table. Some man-made ceramics are harder, but these are composite materials with more than one element.