THE ABRASIVE WEAR OF BOROSILICATE GLASS

The abrasive wear of borosilicate glass was studied. Under dry wear co nditions, the weight loss of borosilicate glass was not found to be a linear function of the sliding distance. The debris from the worn glas s areas was observed to consist of glass particles, silicon carbide pa rticles from the abrasive wheel and agglomerates of glass and silicon carbide. This showed that the wear of borosilicate glass by silicon ca rbide wheels is mainly abrasive but also adhesive to a lesser degree.