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12.
The hardest substance available on earth is
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Jayanti said:
9 years ago
Platinum is the hardest substance available on Earth.
Sana said:
9 years ago
Because of very close packing of atoms of carbon and it have no free spaces.
Sana said:
9 years ago
Platinum is not the hardest substance on the earth. It has electronic cloud of electrons.
Viru said:
9 years ago
Diamond is currently thought to be the hardest natural material on Earth, having a hardness of ten out of ten on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness.
Diamond is made up of carbon atoms which share strong covalent bonds (where electrons are shared between atoms) and is equally spaced in a lattice arrangement.
Diamond is made up of carbon atoms which share strong covalent bonds (where electrons are shared between atoms) and is equally spaced in a lattice arrangement.
A.Sathesh karthick said:
9 years ago
Diamonds can be cut only through diamond. But for other metals they are cut through other metal. This shows the strongest in world.
Aranann said:
9 years ago
Diamond is a 3 diemensional lattice.
Raushansingh said:
9 years ago
Diamond is the hardest metal in the earth it is naturally occurring substance diamond cut diamond. We know silicon carbide cut hardest substance.
Vinoth said:
9 years ago
Can anyone know the reaction between diamond and fire?
During this reaction, diamond burnt quickly.
During this reaction, diamond burnt quickly.
Ritaprava said:
9 years ago
Boron Carbide is the hardest substance. Diamond is the hardest element form.
Adu said:
9 years ago
Awesome buddies you all are so intelligence.
But, the element and substance differs so the textual content is wrong.
But, the element and substance differs so the textual content is wrong.
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