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Mohr's scale of hardness is used for minerals found in the earth. It basically refers to the ability of a harder material to scratch a softer material.
The Mohr's Scale of hardness defines ten standard minerals on a hardness scale with hardness from 1 to 10, 1 being the softest and 10 being the hardest.
The minerals are mentioned below.
1. Talc
2. Gypsum
3. Calcite
4. fluorite
5. apatite
6. Feldspar
7. Quartz
8. Topaz
9. Corrundum
10. Diamond
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It is used in the following manner,
A particular mineral is taken and scratched on the ten minerals mentioned above starting either from the 1 or 10 and based on its ability to produce a scratch on the softer material, its hardness is calculated.
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What is the hardness of Flint according to the mohs scale of hardness?
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Why does the harder material scratch the softer material in mohrs?
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What is the hardness of manganese?
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What is salts hardness on the hardness scale?
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What is a sentence with the word hardness?
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