Hardness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hardness refers to various properties of matter in the solid phase that give it high resistance to various kinds of shape change when force is applied. Hard matter is contrasted with soft matter. M...
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List of hardness scales including Brinell, Knoop, Mohs, Rockwell, Shore, and Vickers, and links to the hardness calculator. ... Hardness List; Directory | Career | News | Standards | Industrial | SpecSearch®...
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www.efunda.com/units/hardness/show_hardness.cfm
www.efunda.com/units/hardness/show_hardness.cfm
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Hardness is the property of a material that enables it to resist plastic deformation, usually by penetration. However, the term hardness may also refer to resistance to bending, scratching, abrasion or cutting.
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Diamond is the hardest naturally occurring substance known; it is also the most popular gemstone. Because of their extreme hardness, diamonds have a number of important industrial applications.
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geology.csupomona.edu/alert/mineral/hardness.htm
geology.csupomona.edu/alert/mineral/hardness.htm
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Hardness of minerals ... Hardness is measured by the resistance which a smooth surface offers to abrasion. The degree of hardness is determined by observing the comparative ease or difficulty which which one mineral is scratched by another.
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webmineral.com/help/Hardness.shtml
webmineral.com/help/Hardness.shtml
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Hardness can be tested through scratching. A scratch on a mineral is actually a groove produced by microfractures on the surface of the mineral. It requires either the breaking of bonds or the displacement of atoms (as in the metallic bonded minerals).
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www.galleries.com/minerals/hardness.htm
www.galleries.com/minerals/hardness.htm
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Carbonate Hardness is a confusing term because it does refer to hardness, but rather to the alkalinity (the ability of a solution to resist a pH change with an addition of an acid.) from the carbonates and bicarbonates.
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www.thekrib.com/Plants/CO2/hardness-larryfrank.html
www.thekrib.com/Plants/CO2/hardness-larryfrank.html
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