Strength testing system for ceramic grains

Kristin Breder, Edgar Lara-Curzio, Laura Riester

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Abstract

A strength testing method was developed in order to provide information on intrinsic mechanical properties of abrasive grains. It was demonstrated that abrasive grains in the size range 100μm to 1000μm could be strength tested in compression. Fracture load distributions were successfully analyzed in terms of Weibull statistics. The measured grain strengths scaled well with other properties such as friability and toughness. From the present experiments grains with a wide versatility are strong grains (high characteristic strength) with a large spread in fracture loads (low Weibull modulus).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)261-266
Number of pages6
JournalCeramic Engineering and Science Proceedings
Volume25
Issue number4
StatePublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes
Event28th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites - Cocoa Beach, FL, United States
Duration: Jan 25 2004Jan 30 2004

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