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Diamond is hard to beat: Experiment finds wBN indentation strength lower than diamond

By Lisa McDonald October 10, 2019

While theory predicted wurtzite BN had an indentation strength higher than diamond, now experiments place wBN’s hardness much closer to cubic BN.

Read the article in Ceramic Tech Today.

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