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Why isn't granite used to make automobile engines?

Feb 05, 2008 by fezz349 | Posted in Engineering

If steel (a metal) is hard and granite ( a nonmetal) is hard, why don't we make automobile engines out of granite?

Some quick answers would be very much appreciated!

Stone is hard (resistant to surface denting) but brittle- difficult to form- and conducts heat poorly. It is also dense- heavy. It is only strong in compression-- in tension it cracks easily.

Metals overcome all these objections.

DT3238 | Feb 05, 2008

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