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ARTIFICIAL ABRASIVE [1 record]

Record 1 2004-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lubrication Technology
  • Strength of Materials
  • Mineralogy
CONT

Artificial abrasives include borazon, carborundum, corundum (sold as alundum, aloxite, etc.), boron carbide.

CONT

Manufactured abrasives include alumina, silicon carbide, boron carbide, cubic boron nitride, and diamond. Today, most industrial abrasives are manufactured to ensure control of properties and improve consistency ...

CONT

The newer synthesized abrasives include cubic boron nitride, which is increasingly important in the finish grinding of hard alloy steels, and zirconia-alumina, which is used primarily in coated abrasives.

OBS

As opposed to "natural abrasive."

Key term(s)
  • synthetic abrasive

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribologie
  • Résistance des matériaux
  • Minéralogie
OBS

Par opposition à «abrasif naturel».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Técnica de lubricación
  • Resistencia de los materiales
  • Mineralogía
CONT

Son abrasivos artificiales el vidrio pulverizado, el rojo de pulir, el colcotar, el carborundo y el corindón artificial.

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