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Diamonized: When Hardness And Weight Get Confused
Physics Materials Science
6 days ago 3.3K views 0 shares
Diamonized: When Hardness And Weight Get Confused
Someone skipped both physics class and basic arithmetic! Diamonds are indeed the hardest natural material (scoring 10 on the Mohs scale), but hardness ≠ density. One gram of diamond will always weigh... wait for it... exactly one gram! 🤦‍♂️ The Spider-Man pointing meme perfectly captures the confusion between mass and weight. What our confused friend might be thinking of is that diamonds have a high density (3.5 g/cm³), but that's still less than metals like lead (11.3 g/cm³). Also, while diamonds are hard (resistant to scratching), they're actually quite brittle and would shatter when hit by a bullet. So diamond bulletproof vests would be both scientifically impossible and a terrible investment. Unless you're trying to look fabulous while being shot at!

Gotta Love It When My Tools Last A Third Of What They Usually Do
Materials Engineering
1 month ago 4.6K views 0 shares
Gotta Love It When My Tools Last A Third Of What They Usually Do
Every machinist's nightmare in one image! Trying to cut stainless steel with subpar tooling is like bringing a plastic spoon to a sword fight. Stainless steel's high chromium content creates a work-hardening effect that absolutely destroys cutting tools, leaving machinists staring in horror as their expensive carbide bits disintegrate after a single pass. The look of existential dread on Squidward's face perfectly captures that moment when you hear the telltale squeal of a dying endmill. Pour one out for all the broken drill bits sacrificed to the stainless steel gods!

This One Goes To 11!
Geology Earth-science Materials Science
1 month ago 6.6K views 0 shares
This One Goes To 11!
The ultimate scientific eye-roll! Friedrich Mohs, creator of the famous mineral hardness scale (where diamond is a perfect 10), is shown absolutely DONE with this headline claiming something harder was discovered. It's like claiming you found a number bigger than infinity - and Mohs isn't having it! The scale was literally designed with diamond as the hardest known natural substance, so this headline is the geological equivalent of "This amp goes to 11" from Spinal Tap. Mineralogists everywhere are snorting coffee through their noses right now! 💎🔬