Abrasives

Worcester is the Industrial Abrasives Capital of the World, and a bit of this roughness rubs off on its inhabitants.

A Moveable Bistro Con Chapman 2011

This gritty central Massachusetts city is known to some as the Industrial Abrasives Capital of the World, and to others for its numerous railroad car diners.

Gritty City Creates Knowledge Zone, But Some Feel Left Out Con Chapman 2010

Hermes Abrasives Ltd., a major competitor, declined to comment.

3M Brings Along the Basics As It Balances New and Old James R. Hagerty 2010

In Cardiff, to audit a company called Tuf Abrasives, I remember being literally open-mouthed on arriving by taxi at my hotel for the night: the St Mellons Country Club, on the Newport Road.

A Question of Honour Lord Michael Levy 2008

From that very first overseas visit, as a young accountant in my early twenties struggling to set up on my own, I could not help but be excited by the lure of a career a world away from auditing Tuf Abrasives in Cardiff.

A Question of Honour Lord Michael Levy 2008

Abrasives are also used by themselves—rottenstone, whiting, and pumice, for example.

HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

Abrasives usually consist of small particles of hard minerals, such as calcite, feldspar, quartz, pumice, talc, and sand or silicates.

HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

Abrasives used in most households include sandpaper, steel wool, and abrasive mesh cleaners made of plastic, nylon, and metal.

HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

Abrasives will leave unattractive dull spots or, on enameled wood, take the enamel off and expose the wood.

HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

Abrasives can be used to remove almost all marks and stains.

HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005