A superhard material is a material with a hardness value exceeding 40 gigapascals (GPa) when measured by the Vickers hardness test. They are virtually...

Building material is material used for construction. Many naturally occurring substances, such as clay, rocks, sand, wood, and even twigs and leaves, have...

functional parts of the tool via a bonding material or another method. As diamond is a superhard material, diamond tools have many advantages as compared...

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as a "superhard material" due to its high hardness level. However, tested in the asymptotic-hardness region, as recommended for hard and superhard materials...

examples of hard matter are ceramics, concrete, certain metals, and superhard materials, which can be contrasted with soft matter. There are three main types...

shock wave. The shock wave method is used to produce material called heterodiamond, a superhard compound of boron, carbon, and nitrogen. Low-pressure...

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of de Grisogono Diamond – World's largest cut black diamond Superhard material – Material with Vickers hardness exceeding 40 gigapascals List of diamonds...

(2009). "Ultimate Metastable Solubility of Boron in Diamond: Synthesis of Superhard Diamondlike BC5" (PDF). Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (1): 015506. Bibcode:2009PhRvL...

List of diamonds List of largest rough diamonds List of minerals Superhard material Warr LN (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical...

superconducting wire can persist indefinitely with no power source. Superhard material is a material with a hardness value exceeding 40 gigapascals (GPa) when measured...

L, Lei L, Li Y, et al. (2008). "Is Rhenium Diboride a Superhard Material?". Advanced Materials. 20 (24): 4780–4783. Bibcode:2008AdM....20.4780Q. doi:10...

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International Alliance Boron carbonitride, another name for heterodiamond, a superhard material Büro Center Nibelungenplatz, a skyscraper in Frankfurt am Main, Germany...

(1998). "Ultrahard and superhard phases of fullerite C60: comparison with diamond on hardness and wear". Diamond and Related Materials. 7 (2–5): 427. Bibcode:1998DRM...

nitride (beta-carbon nitride), β-C3N4, is a superhard material predicted to be harder than diamond. The material was first proposed in 1985 by Amy Liu and...

hardness. By definition, a hardness value exceeding 40 GPa makes BAM a superhard material. In the BAM−TiB2 composite, the maximum hardness and toughness are...

Heterodiamond is a superhard material containing boron, carbon, and nitrogen (BCN). It is formed at high temperatures and high pressures, e.g., by application...

flame is slowly deposited, creating a teardrop shaped "boule" of sapphire material. This step is continued until the desired size is reached, the flame is...

chromium. It is a rock-forming mineral. It is a naturally transparent material, but can have different colors depending on the presence of transition...

with this having significant effects on the performance of the product material.[citation needed] There are two forms of WC, a hexagonal form, α-WC (hP2...

Stishovite is an extremely hard, dense tetragonal form (polymorph) of silicon dioxide. It is very rare on the Earth's surface; however, it may be a predominant...

saw blades. As diamond is a superhard material, diamond saw blades can be used to cut hard brittle or abrasive materials, for example, stone, concrete...

conditions (e.g. time, temperature, and starting materials including the reactants and container materials), as well as the mode of purification. However...

SiO2 particles in plant material (e.g. rice husks) can be converted to SiC by heating in the excess carbon from the organic material. The silica fume, which...

Titanium carbide, TiC, is an extremely hard (Mohs 9–9.5) refractory ceramic material, similar to tungsten carbide. It has the appearance of black powder with...

metal, which yields a very tight and solid substance. The plates of this superhard composite are applied to manufacturing of metal-cutting and drilling tools;...

Tantalcarbide is a rare mineral of tantalum carbide with formula TaC. With a molecular weight of 192.96 g/mol, its primary constituents are tantalum (93...

and Neptune. Various structures have been proposed. Superdense and superhard material resembling this phase was synthesized and published in 1979 and reported...