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A diamond can shatter if hit with a hammer.
While diamond is the hardest naturally-occurring mineral known, it is also brittle. The hardness means that it is difficult to cut, but the brittleness means that it is likely to splinter or shatter if enough pressure is exerted. In the case of a diamond hit with a hammer, the likelihood that the diamond will shatter will increase with the force of the hammer (based mostly on the weight) and will further increase if the diamond has any significant inclusions (indicated by a flaw in the diamond).
Given the value of a diamond, it is highly recommended that you do not try this at home.
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Can a train break a real diamond?
Yes. Although diamond is very hard, it is also brittle. Hit a diamond with a hammer, and it WILL scratch the hammer- but the hammer will also shatter the diamond.
Does gold shatter if hit hard with a hammer?
No
How many pounds can shatter a diamond?
Because diamond is the hardest mineral known, this test would necessarily be performed in a lab. A diamond could fracture along a flaw or inclusion, however, when hit with a hammer, because diamond is brittle. If you simply placed weight on top of a diamond, it may never 'shatter'.
Can diamond shatter?
Its the hardest material on earth. This doesn't necessarily mean its the strongest. Get a piece of glass and crack it with a hammer. That's basically a diamonds strength.
Can diamond be broken into pieces when hammered?
Although diamond is the hardest natural substance, if one hammered a gemstone with a hammer, one may be able to shatter the gemstone. But what a waste of a gemstone. If you'd like, you can purchase a bag full of industrial diamonds for about the price of a latte, and hammer yourself into an answer. Since the lattice formulation of the diamond crystal is perfect on all four sides, if you struck the rock exactly in the right place, you could split it. Diamond cutters count on this phenomenon to cut and polish raw diamonds.
Can a train break a real diamond?
Yes. Although diamond is very hard, it is also brittle. Hit a diamond with a hammer, and it WILL scratch the hammer- but the hammer will also shatter the diamond.
How do you make glux shatter?
You hit it with a hammer
Does gold shatter if hit hard with a hammer?
No
How many pounds can shatter a diamond?
Because diamond is the hardest mineral known, this test would necessarily be performed in a lab. A diamond could fracture along a flaw or inclusion, however, when hit with a hammer, because diamond is brittle. If you simply placed weight on top of a diamond, it may never 'shatter'.
Does Cubic Zirconia shatter or spark when hit with a hammer?
If you want spark when you hit something with a hammer, you should hit metal, preferably steel. That should give you the result you want.
Is the gold on the sidewalk real?
If you hit it with a hammer, and it doesn't shatter but rather flattens, then yeah, it is real.
What happens when you hit a diamond with a hammer?
yes, you an break it with another Diamond.
What happens when you hit a crystal with a hammer?
In most cases the crystal will shatter. The manner in which it shatters depends on the type of crystal.
Materials with bonds are brittle and shatter when they are hit with a hammer while those with bonds are malleable and can be beaten into shape with a hammer?
ionic shatters an metallic bonds can be beaten into shape..
Can diamond shatter?
Its the hardest material on earth. This doesn't necessarily mean its the strongest. Get a piece of glass and crack it with a hammer. That's basically a diamonds strength.
How do you get the jewel out in the diamond mines if it wont come out?
just hit it with a hammer
Will materials made of bonds shatter when hit by hammer?
A hammer will shatter some things that are chemically bonded, and will not shatter others. Glass, ice and even diamonds can be "broken" with a hammer. They are solids and have the quality of being brittle to a lesser or greater degree. But other materials will definitely not shatter when struck by a hammer. If you struck a tire with a hammer, you'd be hitting it all day without shattering it. (But if you cryogenically cool the rubber and hammer it, it will shatter with ease.) Whether or not a material that is chemically bonded will shatter when struck by a hammer depends on the material. We need to note, however, that the hammer will not generally break the chemical bonds themselves when the material shatters. The hammer just breaks the macroscopic (perhaps crystalline) structure of the material.
