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Discussion Forum : General Science - Elements and Metals (Q.No. 12)
12.
The hardest substance available on earth is
Gold
Iron
Diamond
Platinum
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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Discussion:
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Vinoth said:   9 years ago
Can anyone know the reaction between diamond and fire?

During this reaction, diamond burnt quickly.

Sana said:   9 years ago
Platinum is not the hardest substance on the earth. It has electronic cloud of electrons.

Hemant said:   1 decade ago
Diamond is purely made of carbon in which the atoms are strongly attached to each other.

Prateek Thakur said:   9 years ago
Because diamond is very hard as it cannot be broken. It is found inside earth's surface.

Chilaka said:   1 decade ago
Because of sp3 hybradisation with bond length 1.42a.

That's why it is strongest metal.

Arsh garg said:   7 years ago
It is the hardest mineral.
It is also used to cut glass.
It is a non-metallic mineral.

Veronica said:   1 decade ago
Diamond is one of the allotropes of Carbon with tough, complex packing of bonds.

Rajdeadman said:   1 decade ago
I have read somewhere that platinum is now the hardest metal present on earth.

Sana said:   9 years ago
Because of very close packing of atoms of carbon and it have no free spaces.

Ritaprava said:   9 years ago
Boron Carbide is the hardest substance. Diamond is the hardest element form.


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