| 5A |
Regular grey aluminium oxide |
tough and resistant; general use on iron and low-alloy steels |
| 6A |
Mixed grey + white aluminium oxide |
softer than 5A; surface grinding of medium-hardness steels or cylindrical grinding of high-hardness steels and engineering cast irons |
| 10A-7A-8A |
High-grade 99% Al2O3 aluminium oxide, white (10A), blue (7A), brick red (8A) |
general precision grinding |
| 9A |
High-grade pink aluminium oxide |
precision grinding; tougher than 10A, for alloy steels |
| 13A |
High-grade ruby aluminium oxide |
high cutting ability; hardened steels with a high degree of hardness |
| 11A |
Monocrystalline aluminium oxide |
precision grinding and sharpening of high-alloy, high-hardness, heat-sensitive steels |
| 5C |
Grey silicon carbide |
deburring of hard cast iron, grinding of spheroidal graphite cast iron and non-ferrous materials (brass, rubber, stone, plastic, etc.) |
| 8C |
Green silicon carbide |
very hard, friable and sharp; cemented carbide, ceramics, glass, bronze and aluminium |
| 0A |
Zirconia |
resin bond wheels only; deburring of cast iron and steels |
| MC |
SG microcrystalline aluminium oxide |
blended with 7A or 11A in various percentages, for high-performance grinding |