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Traditional Ceramic Industries

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A Concise Introduction to Ceramics

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Abrasives are cutting and grinding media used primarily in the glass and metal industries to shape consumer products. They are marketed in three general forms:

  1. 1.

    Bonded abrasives such as wheels and discs.

  2. 2.

    Coatings on paper and cloth.

  3. 3.

    Loose-grain abrasives as polishing pastes.

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Phillips, G.C. (1991). Traditional Ceramic Industries. In: A Concise Introduction to Ceramics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6973-8_7

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