Diamond is the hardest mineral on earth.
So a diamond can cut glass, but glass cannot cut a diamond.
Because diamonds are extremely hard and will cut glass. Diamond is the hardest material.
From Suite101, "Ordinary commercial glass is made from sand which is silica or silicon dioxide." Silica and silicon dioxide are more common than diamonds, and the structure of the atoms in glass is less stable and more absorbent than diamonds. (This mineral is also used in foodstuffs.) Diamonds are made from carbon. The carbon atoms bond to form diamonds more tightly than atoms of any other mineral. This makes diamonds the hardest mineral known. Light refracting from cut glass reflects and refracts at lesser intensities than diamond, because of the density and compactness of the carbon atoms as compared to the 'looser' silicon dioxide atoms.
Diamonds are denser and harder than glass, as diamonds can score glass - as in a diamond glass-cutter.
cut glass is just that. The pattern is cut into the glass with an abrasive coated metal wheel and polished. pressed glass is when a hot gob of glass is pressed into a patterned mold. These molds are often patterned like cut glass to produce cheap and widely affordable similes of the much more expensive cut glass.
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Yes, diamonds can cut glass, because diamonds are harder than glass.
Yes, diamonds can cut glass. Glass can also cut glass.
No. Diamonds cut glass because diamonds are harder than glass. Quartz is not as hard as diamond.
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No, emeralds are not hard enough to cut glass. Diamonds cut glass and they are the only gemstone with this capability.
Any diamond can 'cut glass' in the sense that dragging the diamond stone across glass will mar the glass.
Yes.
FalseAnother AnswerTrue, in the sense that diamonds can mar glass. A glass-cutter uses a diamond-tipped tool to mark a cut line on glass, then applies pressure to either side of the cut line. This separates the glass where the cutter wants it cut.
Because it is harder than glass. It is actually the hardest of all minerals.
Because the diamonds are harder than the glass and can cut a 'score' into the surface of the glass, so that with a light tap, the glass separates along the 'score'.
Real diamonds will cut glass, though there is speculation that some fake diamonds can cut glass, and that you can damage a real diamond by cutting glass with it. Another way to tell is to hold the diamond up in the light. If you see any orange color from the diamond, it is fake, as real diamonds have every color EXCEPT orange.
As the logic goes it is difficult to cut glass with glass. Diamond saws are used for cutting rough diamonds. The lasers are also used widely to cut diamonds. The cutting of rough diamond also followed by girdling.