Polycrystalline diamond edge quality and and surface integrity following electrical discharge grinding

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 773-785

  Thoe, T B ^a   Aspinwall, D K ^a   Wise, M L H ^a   Oxley, I A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRINDING (MACHINING); GRINDING WHEELS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EDGE QUALITY; EDGE ROUGHNESS; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE GRINDING; POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND; SURFACE INTEGRITY;

DIAMOND CUTTING TOOLS;

EID: 0029709424     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-0136(95)01891-3     Document Type: Article

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