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  2. Mohs scale - Wikipedia

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    Hardness may be difficult to determine, or may be misleading or meaningless, if a material is a mixture of two or more substances; for example, some sources have assigned a Mohs hardness of 6 or 7 to granite but it is a rock made of several minerals, each with its own Mohs hardness (e.g. topaz-rich granite contains: topaz — Mohs 8, quartz ...

  3. Rockwell hardness test - Wikipedia

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    The Rockwell hardness test is a hardness test based on indentation hardness of a material. The Rockwell test measures the depth of penetration of an indenter under a large load (major load) compared to the penetration made by a preload (minor load). [ 1 ]

  4. Lumber Prices Are Crashing! What Does That Mean for Home ...

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    The prices for lumber have been volatile ever since the onset of the pandemic. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us ...

  5. Lignum vitae - Wikipedia

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    Lignum vitae is hard and durable, and is also the densest wood traded (average dried density: ~79 lb/ft 3 or ~1,260 kg/m 3); [4] it will easily sink in water. On the Janka scale of hardness, which measures hardness of woods, lignum vitae ranks highest of the trade woods, with a Janka hardness of 4,390 lbf (compared with Olneya at 3,260 lbf, [5] African blackwood at 2,940 lbf, hickory at 1,820 ...

  6. Lumber prices are plunging. Blame the record drop in U.S ...

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    The twin-peaked lumber bubble of 2021 and 2022 that once drove home building costs through the roof and exacerbated inflation is now nothing more than a memory.. Spot lumber prices have plummeted ...

  7. Janka hardness test - Wikipedia

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    The Janka hardness test results tabulated below followed ASTM D 1037-12 testing methods. Lumber stocks tested range from 1" to 2" (25–50 mm) thick. The tabulated Janka hardness numbers are an average. There is a standard deviation associated with each species, but these values are not given. [citation needed] No testing was done on actual ...

  8. Hardness comparison - Wikipedia

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    Hardness Conversion Table – Brinell, Rockwell,Vickers – Various steels . (Archived) (archived November 11, 2011) Rockwell to Brinell conversion chart (Brinell, Rockwell A,B,C)

  9. Emery (rock) - Wikipedia

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    Emery mine on Naxos Island Corundite from the Naxos emery deposits. The corundum is blue, or sapphire.Wet slab, 10 cm (3.9 in) wide. Emery, or corundite, is a dark granular rock used to make an abrasive powder.