Sentence examples for extreme hardness from inspiring English sources

Tungsten carbide (WC) nanoparticles are now being considered for the manufacture of hard metals to achieve extreme hardness and wear resistance, and mixing with cobalt is thought to improve toughness and strength of the material.

Electroless nickel is widely used as a hard coating for many industrial applications due to its extreme hardness, uniform thickness, corrosion and wear resistance.

Lewis says that David grew up "a queer mixture of extreme softness and extreme hardness" – a human meringue?

(See crystal for a discussion of packing arrangements in solids.) Interstitial carbides are characterized by extreme hardness but at the same time extreme brittleness.

Several have industrial importance, including tungsten carbide (WC) and tantalum carbide (TaC), which are used as high-speed cutting tools because of their extreme hardness and chemical inertness.

In addition to its use as a precious gem, corundum finds some use as an abrasive, owing to the extreme hardness of the material (9 on the Mohs hardness scale).

As the shell structures will be positioned only a few centimetres apart from the point of particle collision, an ultra-light weight component design with extremely tight geometrical tolerances, applying composite materials with extreme stiffness and high radiation hardness is stipulated.

The extreme mechanical hardness of diamond endows it with potential applications in nanomechanical devices.

A main concern is the extreme radiation hardness requirement up to 1×1016cm−2 1 MeV neutron equivalent.

A main concern is the extreme radiation hardness requirements, up to 1×1016 cm−2.

The technology and the design will be optimized and qualified for extreme radiation hardness (2×1016 neq cm−2).