• silly goose meekah
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      106 months ago

      But most people don’t differentiate between hardness and toughness in day to day language

      • no banana
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        46 months ago

        That’s just because it’s really hard

        • silly goose meekah
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          16 months ago

          Rock is usually harder though, but steel is more tough. Compared to a lot of other materials steel is still really hard, to be fair. At least that’s my understanding, as someone who just googled “hardness vs toughness” lol