SSC MTS EXAM

SSC

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Used to make drills and grinding tools
A
Sapphires
B
Diamonds
C
Industrial diamonds
D
Succulent
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Synthetic diamonds are used in cutting and grinding tools. Diamond is a good conductor of heat and electricity. Diamond is the purest form of carbon.

Detailed explanation-2: -Natural diamond has traditionally been used to make diamond tools, but now there are also various types of synthetic diamond that are often as good as or better for certain machining applications.

Detailed explanation-3: -Unlike diamond simulants (imitations of diamond made of superficially-similar non-diamond materials), synthetic diamonds are composed of the same material as naturally formed diamonds – pure carbon crystallized in an isotropic 3D form – and share identical chemical and physical properties.

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