Abrasive minerals can either be natural or synthetic. An example of an abrasive material is quartz because it is hard, sharp and tough.
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Your sandpaper is graded according to the amount of abrasive particles (grit) per square inch. The six abrasive categories range from course to super fine and between them include medium, fine, very fine and extra fine. Your choices will depend on the finish you hope to achieve. These particles or categories consist of one of four minerals that make up sandpaper: aluminum oxide, garnet, ceramic (alumina zirconia) and silicon carbide. Read more: What Mineral Is Used in Sandpaper? | Garden Guides http://www.gardenguides.com/135206-mineral-used-sandpaper.html#ixzz1ndZpWlRk
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An abrasive is something used to cut and polish things. Since diamond is one of the hardest substances, with a 3-D network structure it's used as an abrasive.
Loess is windblown dust created by the abrasive action of moving glaciers.
Corundum - Crystalline Aluminium Oxide (Al2O3) is a mineral that is hard (9.0 on Mohs scale) and used as an abrasive.
Diamond is the hardest natural mineral, and its abrasive quality can be precise and long-lasting,
A solid abrasive material is a mineral which can wear away part of another solid by rubbing. A common solid abrasive is diamond.
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A solid abrasive material is a mineral which can wear away part of another solid by rubbing. A common solid abrasive is diamond.
Corundum is a very hard mineral used as an abrasive in industry.
Talc is a very soft mineral, unlike quartz, and so is less likely to be abrasive.
garnets The abrasive grain, the key part of coated abrasive products, may be either a natural or synthetic mineral. Due to their extreme hardness, natural minerals such as http://www.answers.com/topic/garnet, quartz or http://www.answers.com/topic/emery (corundum with iron impurities) have uses in sandpaper and grinding tools.
Your sandpaper is graded according to the amount of abrasive particles (grit) per square inch. The six abrasive categories range from course to super fine and between them include medium, fine, very fine and extra fine. Your choices will depend on the finish you hope to achieve. These particles or categories consist of one of four minerals that make up sandpaper: aluminum oxide, garnet, ceramic (alumina zirconia) and silicon carbide. Read more: What Mineral Is Used in Sandpaper? | Garden Guides http://www.gardenguides.com/135206-mineral-used-sandpaper.html#ixzz1ndZpWlRk
abrasive in that context would be: mahtreed (מטריד)
Heres a few examples- Sand paper is abrasive. the sex i had was abrasive. abrasive means rough, coarse, etc.