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Abrasive Material

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Synonyms

Abrasive grains; Abrasive grits

Definition

An abrasive grain is a hard substance containing many sharp projection cutting edges or points. It is used as a cutting tool to penetrate and cut away material that is softer than itself. Abrasive Materials used for abrasives are generally characterized by high hardness and moderate to high fracture toughness.

Theory and Applications

The abrasive materials can be classified into two groups, natural and artificial (or synthetic) ones. The natural abrasives are generally referred to as those that can be found in nature and because of that, they can contain many impurities and vary in quality. Emery, corundum, quartz, flint, garnet, diamond, tripoli, diatomaceous earth, sandstone, pumice, and natural sharpening stones are some of them. On the other hand, artificial abrasives were first developed in the late nineteenth century and overcame the problems of impurities and inconsistencies, since their manufacture could be carefully...

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Manufacturing Department, Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK

    Konstantinos Salonitis

  2. Laboratory For Manufacturing Systems & Automation, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

    Apostolos Fysikopoulos & George Chryssolouris

  3. Automation Systems – Materials & Process Technologies, COMAU SpA, Grugliasco, Italy

    Apostolos Fysikopoulos

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  1. Konstantinos Salonitis
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  3. George Chryssolouris
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Correspondence to Konstantinos Salonitis .

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. CIRP Office Intern. Institution for, Paris, France

    The International Academy for Produ

  2. Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Mechanical Engineering Department, Trois-Rivieres, Québec, Canada

    Luc Laperrière

  3. Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany

    Gunther Reinhart

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  1. Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen und Fertigung (IWF), ETH Zürich, Tannenstrasse 3, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland

    Konrad Wegener

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Salonitis, K., Fysikopoulos, A., Chryssolouris, G. (2018). Abrasive Material. In: The International Academy for Produ, Laperrière, L., Reinhart, G. (eds) CIRP Encyclopedia of Production Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35950-7_6416-4

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