Hardness of prominent abrasive materials

Hardness of prominent abrasive materials

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Hardness of prominent abrasive materials
abrasive materials hardness
Mohs scale (Mohs hardness) Vickers scale (Vickers hardness) Knoop scale (Knoop hardness)
Natural abrasives
industrial diamond 10 10,000 8,000
corundum 9 2,200 1,600-2,100
emery 7-9 1,600 800-1,800
garnet 7-8 1,100-1,300 1,300-1,350
flint (chert and flint) 7 900-1,100 700-800
quartz 7 1,100 700-800
pumice 5-6 — 430-560
talc 1 — —
Synthetic abrasives
synthetic diamond 10 10,000 8,000-10,000
boron nitride (cubic) (boron nitride) 10 7,300-10,000 4,700-10,000
boron carbide 9-10 3,300-4,300 2,200-5,100
silicon carbide 9 2,800-3,300 2,000-3,700
alumina 9 2,200 2,000-2,600
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