What is the force required to crush a diamond?


diamonds hard in same way glass hard. though sharp piece of glass can cut things, glass can broken.

ability resist crushing called compressive strength. force crushes things called compressive stress. there tensile stress (pulling) , shear stress (cutting crosswise). branch of science dealing sort of thing called materials science.

lets take kohinoor diamond. how sheer force required crush pieces?


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