What is the hardest known substance?

August 27th, 2008 by admin | Filed under Chemistry.

Ethen J asked:


We all know that diamonds are the hardest natural material, but everywhere I see it, it always says that it is hardes naturally occuring material. Are there any synthetic materials that are as hard or harder than diamond

Tags: Diamonds, Natural Material, Synthetic Materials

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8 Responses to “What is the hardest known substance?”

1. all_that_jazz5337 | 27/08/08

   nope. the only thing that can cut diamond, is diamond.

   substance is the same as material.

2. mcglestacius | 29/08/08

   The skull of the average American.

3. nickipettis | 31/08/08

   titanium might be

   or some ceramic designed for special applications

4. Michael B | 3/09/08

   aggregated carbon nanorods

5. jenjufer | 5/09/08

   crack rock. herion maybe.. teflon

6. goofy_gooper | 7/09/08

   Aggregated Diamond Nanorods

7. aaron b | 9/09/08

   It is Ultrahard Fullerite C60.

8. AP | 11/09/08

   Buckminster Fullerene