• Abrasive Grain/ Grit Synonyms:
  

aluminum oxide (fused), barium titanate, boron carbide, boron nitride, burundum, calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, cerium oxide, chromium oxide, clay (hard burned), diamond, glass, iron oxide, lamp black, lime, magnesia, manganese dioxide, mullite, periclase, silicon carbide (fused), sintered abrasives, sol-gel abrasives, steel shot, steel grit (angular), tantalum carbide, tin oxide, titanium carbide, tungsten carbide, wheat starch, zirconium oxide (unstabilized), zirconium oxide (stabilized), zirconium silicate, natural diamond, corundum, emery, garnet, staurolite, flint, novaculite, quartz, quartzite, sandstone, limestone, basalt, feldspar, granite, mica, perlite, pumice, apatite, calcite, chalk, clay, diatomite, dolomite, iron oxides, limestone, talc, tripoli,

• Natural Abrasives Available From READE Listed In Approximate Order By Mohs Hardness Scale:

Natural diamond, corundum, emery, garnet, staurolite, flint, novaculite, quartz, quartzite, sandstone, limestone, basalt, feldspar, granite, mica, perlite, pumice, apatite, calcite, chalk, clay, diatomite, dolomite, iron oxides, limestone, talc and tripoli. And many more!

• Manufactured (Artificial) Abrasives Available From READE:

aluminum oxide (fused), barium titanate, boron carbide, boron nitride, burundum, calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, cerium oxide, chromium oxide, clay (hard burned), diamond, glass, iron oxide, lamp black, lime, magnesia, manganese dioxide, mullite, periclase, silicon carbide (fused), sintered abrasives, sol-gel abrasives, steel shot, steel grit (angular), tantalum carbide, tin oxide, titanium carbide, tungsten carbide, wheat starch, zirconium oxide (unstabilized), zirconium oxide (stabilized) and zirconium silicate. And many more!

• Abrasive Grain/ Grit General Description:

Abrasives are substances both natural and synthetic that are used to grind, polish, abrade, scour, clean, or otherwise remove solid material usually by rubbing action (as in a grinding wheel), but also by impact (pressure blasting). The most important physical properties of materials that qualify as abrasives are hardness, toughness (or rigidity), grain shape and size, character of fracture (or cleavage), and purity (or uniformity). In the final analysis, the choice of a high-grade abrasive depends upon the quality and quantity of work performed by the abrasive per unit of cost. Initial cost of an artificial abrasive may be much greater than that of a natural abrasive, but the artificial mineral may do so much better work and do it so much faster that the ultimate cost is less. It is for this reason that artificial abrasives have largely replaced natural abrasives.

• Abrasive Grain/ Grit Chemical Properties Available:

Purities are available from READE as high of a typical purity as 99.999% down to low purity recycled abrasive grains or powders

• Abrasive Grain/ Grit Physical Properties Available:

Numerous shape and size options are usually readily available from READE as large as 50 mm grinding and tumbling media down to as small as 20 - 100 nanometer particles.

• Abrasive Grain/ Grit Typical Applications:

Buffing, coated abrasives, coatings, deburring, electrical potting insulation, fillers, fining, flow finishing, friction, grinding wheels, heat transfer component, investment casting molds, wear resistant parts, metal lapping, polishing, pressure blasting, slurry sawing, tumbling, ultrasonic machining

• Abrasive Grain/ Grit Packaging:

Jars, pails, drums, multiply paper bags, bulk bags and fiberboard containers.

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