“…The effect of the abrasive size on the wear rate has been studied for homogeneous materials (Anvient, 1960;Dunn, 1961;Goddard;Wilman, 1962;Mutis, 1965;Nathan;Jones, 1966;Larsen-Badse, 1968a;Larsen-Badse, 1968b;Samuels, 1971;Date;Malkin, 1976;Sin et al, 1979;Finnie, 1981a;Finnie, 1981b;Sasada et al, 1984;Jacobson et al, 1988;Costa et. al., 1997;Gahlin;Jacobson, 1999;Sevim;Eryurek, 2006).…”