Which of these minerals is the hardest mineral that scores a 10 on the mohs scale of hardness? A. Talc
B. Gypsum
C. Diamond
D. Sulfur

C. Diamond

Explanation:

Talc is the softest and diamond is the hardest. Each mineral can scratch only those below it on the scale.

intermolecular forces are the forces between molecules or particles.

there are two kinds of van der waals forces: weak london dispersion forces and stronger dipole-dipole forces.

in molecule of water there are dipole-dipole forces between negatively charged oxygen from one molecule of water and positively charger hydrogen of another molecule of water.

hydrogen bond is an electrostatic attraction between two polar groups that occurs when a hydrogen atom (h), covalently bound to a highly electronegative atom such as flourine (f), oxygen (o) and nitrogen (n) atoms.