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Diamonds have a reputation as one of the hardest materials known to man, which is undoubtedly true, but they're not as tough as you think they are.

Machining Doctor Vickers [HV]: The Vickers system is typically used to describe cutting material hardness, like carbide grades, ceramics, CBN and PCD. The test uses a diamond-shaped pyramid, and the ...

The team found dents in the diamond anvil cells, suggesting that the new carbon nitrides were hard enough to deform diamond. Additional testing and computational calculations suggested that the new ...

Diamond is considered to be the hardest material in existence, only being able to be scratched by other diamonds. Now, scientists report a new breakthrough – a super-incompressible material that could ...

Diamonds are prized for their hardness. In jewelry, they can last generations and resist scratches during day-to-day wear. As blades or drill bits, they can penetrate almost anything without ...