Comments on: Materials Scientists Mourn Passing of Champion, Scramble to Re-Write Textbooks http://214studios.com/2009/02/18/materials-scientists-mourn-passing-of-champion-scramble-to-re-write-textbooks/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:41:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brock http://214studios.com/2009/02/18/materials-scientists-mourn-passing-of-champion-scramble-to-re-write-textbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Brock Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:16:47 +0000 http://214studios.com/?p=387#comment-10 Ha! Good point. I do wonder, though, whether they will adjust or extend the scale. Probably not since these materials are so rare and at this point of no real use to anybody. That could change though if they can be created synthetically, or other materials are created that mimic their atomic structure. And on top of all that the Mohs scale is not really that important or useful in a practical sort of way other than as a qualitative comparison. Ha! Good point.

I do wonder, though, whether they will adjust or extend the scale. Probably not since these materials are so rare and at this point of no real use to anybody. That could change though if they can be created synthetically, or other materials are created that mimic their atomic structure.

And on top of all that the Mohs scale is not really that important or useful in a practical sort of way other than as a qualitative comparison.

]]> By: Maya http://214studios.com/2009/02/18/materials-scientists-mourn-passing-of-champion-scramble-to-re-write-textbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Maya Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:36:14 +0000 http://214studios.com/?p=387#comment-9 "It’s a “10″ on the Mohs hardness scale" I guess lonsdaleite goes to 11. “It’s a “10″ on the Mohs hardness scale”

I guess lonsdaleite goes to 11.

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