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I've been thinking about this question for a little while now and figured maybe a good answer here would help to resolve it. Can glass ever break diamond? Some people I know say it's impossible and yet I am left thinking that it is just a matter of how much power is generated by the impact of these two substances.
If a piece of glass were moving fast enough when it hit a diamond and there was enough concussive energy released from the impact it seems reasonable that glass could break diamond, wouldn't it just be a matter of overcoming some sort of hardness value from the power of impact? If a small piece of glass where fired out of a super powered gun going several thousand miles per an hour, wouldn't it chip or damage diamond. If anyone knows the math, could you show the formula so I could study it?
Thank you ever so kindly,
Humble Me
If a piece of glass were moving fast enough when it hit a diamond and there was enough concussive energy released from the impact it seems reasonable that glass could break diamond, wouldn't it just be a matter of overcoming some sort of hardness value from the power of impact? If a small piece of glass where fired out of a super powered gun going several thousand miles per an hour, wouldn't it chip or damage diamond. If anyone knows the math, could you show the formula so I could study it?
Thank you ever so kindly,
Humble Me