hardness

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WC-Co cemented carbides are essential for applications that demand strong resistance to wear and high hardness, including cutting and construction tools.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

Without the energy of talismanic all-rounder Stokes, England were bereft of penetration when the ball lost its hardness and pitch went to sleep.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025

You were able to capture so much about the daddy issues that she has and where the maybe hardness or prickliness comes from.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

And the novelist Richard Ford once made it clear that questioning Ms. Munro’s mastery over the short story would be akin to doubting the hardness of a diamond or the bouquet of a ripened peach.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

The hardness had returned, “Not that she understood! Who was she?”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov