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Categories: 1812 in science, Hardness tests, Materials science, Mineralogy, 1812 in Germany
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Mohs scale  Mohs scale of mineral hardness  Moh's Scale  hardness scale  mineral hardness
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A scale of hardness of solids; talc is 0 and diamond is 10; ordering is determined by which substance can scratch another substance WordNet 3.0
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A scale of hardness of solids; talc is 0 and diamond is 10; ordering is determined by which substance can scratch another substance WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The Mohs scale of mineral hardness is a qualitative ordinal scale, from 1 to 10, characterizing scratch resistance of minerals through the ability of harder material to scratch softer material. Wikipedia
A scale used in materials science to describe hardness Wikipedia Disambiguation
A scale of the hardness of minerals based on their ability to scratch one another. Wiktionary