On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 23:34:17 GMT, "George E. Cawthon" wrote:
Harold & Susan Vordos wrote:

"George E. Cawthon" wrote in message
...
. Let me say one last time,
there is no dissolving of diamonds or silicon carbide in the
grinding process.

Maybe you can sell your diatribe to Norton, then, because their literature
seems to think there is. But then, what the hell would the leading
manufacturer of grinding wheels know about that?

Harold

Diatribe? now you are getting nasty. I don't have a clue
who or what Norton is or says, but if they say diamond
dissolves in iron or steel, then they don't know squat about
physics or chemistry. Any first year (well, maybe 2nd year)
chemistry student should be able to tell you that diamond
won't dissolve in steel. Maybe you and Norton (if they said
that) don't know what the word "dissolve" means?

If a first or second year chemistry student told you that, it just
emphasizes the old adage that a little knowledge is a dangerous
thing. In fact carbon does dissolve in molten iron, forming a matrix
of iron carbides. This is well known to metallurgists and chemists
with more than a first year knowledge of the chemistries of iron
and carbon. Certainly the engineers at Norton, the world's largest
manufacturer of abrasives, know this.

Gary