On the mechanism of material removal in electrochemical spark machining of quartz under different polarity conditions

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 200, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 460-470

  Jain, V K ^a   Adhikary, S ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical analysis; Direct polarity; ECSM; Machining at both electrodes; Quartz work piece; Reverse polarity

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; REMOVAL; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

DIRECT POLARITY; MACHINING AT BOTH ELECTRODES; QUARTZ WORK-PIECE;

QUARTZ;

EID: 40149104831     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2007.08.071     Document Type: Article

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