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Meta Polishing

Meta Polishing – Polishing our Meta world. Achieving ultra-precision polishing of free-form surfaces, no polishing marks under a microscope, meanwhile effectively reduces surface roughness with controllable Ra value, reduces waviness (Wa), and also accurately maintains excellent post-polishing surface profile (PV), it is suitable for electroless nickel polishing, copper, aluminum, tungsten steel, mold steel, etc. meta polishing

Science Classroom

Relative Hardness vs. Absolute Hardness

Relative hardness and absolute hardness are clearly explained in textbooks. The relative hardness of minerals is divided into 10 levels. When two minerals are rubbed together, the one that gets scratched has the lower hardness, meaning that the harder mineral will scratch the softer one. The representative minerals for each level of relative hardness from 1 to 10 are as follows: 1 – Talc, 2 – Gypsum, 3 – Calcite, 4 – Fluorite, 5 – Apatite, 6 – Feldspar, 7 – Quartz, 8 – Topaz, 9 – Corundum, 10 – Diamond. This relative hardness scale was first developed by mineralogist Friedrich Mohs (1773-1839), and as such, relative hardness is also called the Mohs hardness scale. Mohs was born in Germany but moved to Austria in 1801 to work in mineral identification, which is why some books refer to him as Austrian, while other sources refer to him as German.

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