The correct answer is a common hand tool.
2007-07-10 11:56:34 · 12 answers · asked by RayB49 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
A diamond will break if you hit it with a hammer!
A diamond is the hardest natural substance on earth, but if it is placed in an oven and the temperature is raised to about 763 degrees Celsius (1405 degrees Fahrenheit), it will simply vanish, without even ash remaining. Only a little carbon dioxide will have been released.
Diamonds are formed over a period of a billion or more years deep within earth's crust - about 150km (90 miles) deep - and is pushed to the surface by volcanoes. Most diamonds are found in volcanic rock, called Kimberlite, or in the sea after having been carried away by rivers when they were pushed to the surface.
A diamond is 58 times harder than the next hardest mineral on earth, corundum, from which rubies and sapphires are formed. It was only during the 15th century that it was discovered that the only way to cut diamonds was with other diamonds. Yet, diamonds are brittle. If you hit one hard with a hammer, it will shatter.
2007-07-10 12:01:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct answer is just about anything. Diamond is very brittle. If you smacked a large diamond with a rubber mallet, it would shatter, to say nothing of a steel hammer.
2007-07-10 12:03:39 · answer #2 · answered by lithiumdeuteride 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Diamond is more brittle material. Any metal hammer will break it. But for cutting we have to use another diamond.
2007-07-10 17:51:44 · answer #3 · answered by A.Ganapathy India 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't confuse brittleness (ability to resist impact) with hardness (resistance to abrasion) or ductility (ability to deform under stress). Diamond is very hard, brittle (can be broken easily by striking) and not ductile (cannot be deformed easily). Gold, on the other hand, is soft (can be scratched easily), is not brittle, and is very ductile (can be drawn into fine wires or beaten into thin sheets.
2007-07-11 03:05:53 · answer #4 · answered by AndrewG 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Diamonds are one of the hardest things on earth but that doesn`t mean it is the strongest. There is a difference betwen hardest and strongest.
2007-07-10 12:00:30 · answer #5 · answered by Pauly Jay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a diamond is the hardist material, but a hammer or anything on these lines will ruin your day.
2007-07-10 12:05:04 · answer #6 · answered by DR DEAL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
saw with diamond dust
2007-07-10 11:58:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
another diamond?
2007-07-10 11:59:57 · answer #8 · answered by Pryva D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
any thing that can break class
if you hit it very hard
2007-07-10 12:00:12 · answer #9 · answered by blue vision 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hammer
2007-07-10 11:59:06 · answer #10 · answered by @NGEL B@BY 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋