Emery

Emery
/em"euh ree, em"ree/, n.
a male or female given name.

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Granular rock consisting of a mixture of the mineral corundum (aluminum oxide, Al2O3) and iron oxides such as magnetite (Fe3O4) or hematite (Fe2O3).

It is a dark, dense substance that looks much like iron ore. Turkey is the world's major producer. Long used as an abrasive or polishing material, particularly in sandpapers, it has largely been replaced by synthetic materials such as alumina. Its largest application now is as a nonskid material in floors, stair treads, and pavements.

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      granular rock consisting of a mixture of the mineral corundum (aluminum oxide, Al2O3) and iron oxides such as magnetite (Fe3O4) or hematite (Fe2O3). Long used as an abrasive or polishing material, it is a dark-coloured, dense substance, having much the appearance of an iron ore. In addition to corundum and iron oxide, emery sometimes contains diaspore, gibbsite, margarite, chloritoid, and sillimanite.

      Emery has been worked from very early times on the Greek island of Náxos; (Náxos) it occurs there as loose blocks and as lenticular, or lens-shaped, masses or irregular beds in granular limestone associated with crystalline schists. Important deposits, similar to that on Náxos, occur in Turkey, where emery is found as detached blocks in a reddish soil and as rounded masses embedded in a crystalline limestone associated with mica schist, gneiss, and granite. Turkey is now the major world producer of emery. Emery has been worked at several localities in the United States, most notably at Peekskill, N.Y.

      The Mohs hardness of emery is about 8, whereas that of pure corundum is 9. Emery's hardness has made it popular as an abrasive, particularly in sandpapers, although it has largely been replaced by synthetic materials such as alumina. Its largest application now is that of a nonskid material in floors, stair treads, and pavements. A very fine emery dust is used by lens grinders, lapidaries, and plate-glass manufacturers, although here too synthetic abrasives are often preferred for their more uniform grain sizes and properties. Emery wheels, once quite common, were made by mixing the powdered material with a bonding medium such as clay and firing in a kiln. In emery sticks, cloth (also called crocus cloth), and paper, the powdered emery is bonded to the backing with adhesive.

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