Material scientists in China experimenting with carbon in its many forms have conjured up a form of glass so hard that it can scratch the surface of a diamond. As reported by the South China Morning ...

The standard scratch test is routinely used to test the coatings’ mechanical stability on different types of substrates and has become a sensitive method to manage the reliability of the manufacturing ...

Scratching is the term used to describe the resistance of a solid body to penetration by an edge or protuberance on a second body that is traveling along its surface, and is typically equated with a ...