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How can it be employed in diamond laceration and yet, not be harder than a diamond? That's pretty confusing to me, Especially considering that it's more expensive to manufacture than diamonds. Wouldn't it be better instead diamonds be lacerated with other diamonds? I better stop writing now 'cause my head is spinning. -- cave
How is the sentence "Borazon is the only substance that can scratch a diamond." affected by new materials such as aggregated carbon nanorods? -- Ellisonch 04:56, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
Is Borazon a trade name or a common name for Cubic Boron Nitride? and if so, should this article be merged with Boron nitride? -- Martin Rudat( T| @| C) 04:48, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
facts incorrect, see ultrahard fullerite
Third hardest does not compute together with the text about diamonds which says "Diamond is the hardest known natural material (third-hardest known material below aggregated diamond nanorods and ultrahard fullerite)". Shouldn't that make ultrahard fullerite harder than Borazon and therefor make Borazon the fourth hardest substance since ultrahard fullerite wasn't natural either? Which one is harder? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.112.198.5 ( talk • contribs)
Answer: Borazon is the third-hardest man-made substance according to the article. It may be correct, however, to state Borazon is the fourth- hardest known substance overall.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.17.105.123 ( talk • contribs)
The overal picture is more complex though. If I read this article correctly Borazon is less brittle than diamonds. Traditionally a diamond was used to cut another diamond but more modern practice is to use a laser
Where a hardened shaft was running in softer bearing, minute particles from the harder shaft would become embedded in the softer bearing and gradually abrade the harder shaft. AT Kunene ( talk) 10:24, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
There used to be a joke about the discoverer of Borazon as "being the only man to scratch a girls best friend". — Preceding unsigned comment added by AT Kunene ( talk • contribs) 10:26, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
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How can it be employed in diamond laceration and yet, not be harder than a diamond? That's pretty confusing to me, Especially considering that it's more expensive to manufacture than diamonds. Wouldn't it be better instead diamonds be lacerated with other diamonds? I better stop writing now 'cause my head is spinning. -- cave
How is the sentence "Borazon is the only substance that can scratch a diamond." affected by new materials such as aggregated carbon nanorods? -- Ellisonch 04:56, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
Is Borazon a trade name or a common name for Cubic Boron Nitride? and if so, should this article be merged with Boron nitride? -- Martin Rudat( T| @| C) 04:48, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
facts incorrect, see ultrahard fullerite
Third hardest does not compute together with the text about diamonds which says "Diamond is the hardest known natural material (third-hardest known material below aggregated diamond nanorods and ultrahard fullerite)". Shouldn't that make ultrahard fullerite harder than Borazon and therefor make Borazon the fourth hardest substance since ultrahard fullerite wasn't natural either? Which one is harder? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.112.198.5 ( talk • contribs)
Answer: Borazon is the third-hardest man-made substance according to the article. It may be correct, however, to state Borazon is the fourth- hardest known substance overall.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.17.105.123 ( talk • contribs)
The overal picture is more complex though. If I read this article correctly Borazon is less brittle than diamonds. Traditionally a diamond was used to cut another diamond but more modern practice is to use a laser
Where a hardened shaft was running in softer bearing, minute particles from the harder shaft would become embedded in the softer bearing and gradually abrade the harder shaft. AT Kunene ( talk) 10:24, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
There used to be a joke about the discoverer of Borazon as "being the only man to scratch a girls best friend". — Preceding unsigned comment added by AT Kunene ( talk • contribs) 10:26, 4 October 2012 (UTC)