Talk:Abrasive

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[edit] suggest add the dmoz link

Sanjiv swarup (talk) 06:58, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Other things to add

• Abrasion as a wound caused by something acting as an abrasive.
• Cost as a factor in choosing abrasives. Waerloeg 05:41, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Diamond expensive and fullerites and diamond nanorods being non-commerical due to laboratory production.
• Cleaning: whether suspended in cream or steel wool scouring.
• Undesired carbon in car engines.
• Cleaning of skin--exfoliation, derm-abrasion.
• Bad people who use knives to cut on glass or metal. Glass cutters.
• Prepare surface for painting, gluing. Waerloeg 10:35, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
• Different to filing. Waerloeg 14:32, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
• The article is very informative and useful and gives a clear idea about what exactly 'abrasive' means.210.211.129.65 (talk) 10:20, 5 February 2008 (UTC)ASHWIN —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.211.129.65 (talk) 10:08, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
• ABRASIVE GRAINS ARE USED IN FLOUR MILLS STONES, RICE MILLS, HARD WEARING AND ANTI SKID FLOORING, PAVEMENTS ETC. ABRASIVE GRAINS ARE USED BY EMERY INDIA ASS FLOOR HARDENERS AND ALSO IN TILES AND MARBLES... TRHESE GRAINS ARE ALSO USED AS CEMENT ADDITIVES-210.211.129.65 (talk) 11:07, 5 February 2008 (UTC)ASHWIN

[edit] Fact check

Glaciers erode valleys but not by te action of ice over rock, rather by rock in the ice grinding the underlying rock. Similarly, I would expect that it is grains caught by the sole of the shoes that abrade the stones. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.176.181.109 (talk) 02:58, 15 February 2008 (UTC)