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272 Carbon, Graphite, Diamond, <strong>and</strong> Fullerenes<br />

Table 11.7. Mechanical Properties <strong>of</strong> Diamond <strong>and</strong> Alumina at 23°C<br />

Property Diamond Alumina<br />

Density, g/cm 3 3.52 3.98<br />

Young's modulus, GPa 910-1250 380 - 400<br />

Compression strength, GPa 8.68-16.53 2.75<br />

Knoop hardness, kg/mm 2<br />

overall 5700 -10400 2000 - 2100<br />

111 plane 7500-10400<br />

100 plane 6900 - 9600<br />

Poisson's ratio<br />

Coefficient <strong>of</strong> friction<br />

in air<br />

in vacuum<br />

10.2 Hardness<br />

0.10-0.16<br />

0.05 - 0.1<br />

near 1<br />

0.22<br />

The very fact that <strong>diamond</strong> is the hardest known material makes it<br />

difficult to measure its hardness since only another <strong>diamond</strong> can be used<br />

as an indenter. This may explain the wide variations in reported values<br />

which range from 5,700 to over 10,400 kg/mm 2 .<br />

The hardness <strong>of</strong> <strong>diamond</strong> is compared with that <strong>of</strong> other hard materials<br />

in Fig.11.16. The test method is the Knoop hardness test which is<br />

considered the most accurate for crystalline materials. The hardness is also<br />

a function <strong>of</strong> the crystal orientation as shown in Table 11.7.<br />

The hardness <strong>of</strong> <strong>diamond</strong> can also be determined form the elastic<br />

coefficients as there is a linear relation between hardness <strong>and</strong> these<br />

coefficients.

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