GRINDING - Practice Mode

1) What type of natural abrasives are crushed to produce abrasive grains for making the grinding wheels and lapping compound?
Correct Answer: Diamond
2) What type of abrasives are used for grinding low tensile strength materials like brass, copper, grey cast iron and aluminium?
Correct Answer: Green silicon carbide
3) What type of abrasives are used for grinding high tensile strength materials like carbon steels. high speed steels?
Correct Answer: Aluminium oxide
4) What type of natural abrasive contains aluminium oxide and other impurities?
Correct Answer: Emery
Explanation:

Maroon is the colour painted on the acetylene gas cylinders.

5) What type of natural abrasives contains 95% of natural aluminium oxide and remaining impurities?
Correct Answer: Corundum