If moissanite is almost as hard as diamond why isn’t there moissanite blades if moissanite is cheaper?
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Moissanite is naturally occurring silicon carbide. It is rare in nature but can be made artificially. It is used made all the time and used for abrasive and cutting tools all the time. The word moissanite is just not used.
EDIT: word was missing
As other people here have said silicone carbide- what moissanite is is very common in Tools. But industrial diamonds are very cheap, so don’t add a great deal of cost to tools. As such the increased hardness they have is well worth it.
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Diamonds aren’t rare, you can make them really easily. I mean both of these materials should be very cheap all that makes diamonds expensive is marketing
You do. It’s just you use the term silicone carbide not moissanite as its manufactured not naturally occurring.