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    Abrasive - Wikipedia

    Some common uses for abrasives include grinding, polishing, buffing, honing, cutting, drilling, sharpening, lapping, and sanding (see abrasive machining). (For simplicity, "mineral" in this article will be used loosely to refer to both minerals and mineral-like substances whether man-made or not.) See more

    An abrasive is a material, often a mineral, that is used to shape or finish a workpiece through rubbing which leads to part of the workpiece being worn away by friction. While finishing a material often means polishing it … See more

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    Abrasives are shaped for various purposes. Natural abrasives are often sold as dressed stones, usually in the form of a rectangular block. Both natural and synthetic abrasives … See more

    Aside from the aforementioned uses of shaping and finishing, abrasives may also be used to prepare surfaces for application of some sort of paint … See more

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    Abrasives generally rely upon a difference in hardness between the abrasive and the material being worked upon, the abrasive being the harder of … See more

    Abrasives may be classified as either natural or synthetic. When discussing sharpening stones, natural stones have long been considered superior but advances in material technology are seeing this distinction become less distinct. Many … See more

    The shape, size and nature of the workpiece and the desired finish will influence the choice of the abrasive used. A bonded abrasive … See more

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  7. a·bra·sive
    adjective
    1. (of a substance or material) capable of polishing or cleaning a hard surface by rubbing or grinding:
      "the wood should be rubbed down with fine abrasive paper" · "don't use abrasive kitchen cleaners"
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