This volume aims to promote advances in abrasive technology. Emphasis is placed on both the development of practical methods and the understanding of the mechanisms of machining ceramics, semiconductors, steel alloys and other advanced materials.

Modelling the interaction of hard wedges with relatively soft surfaces - a study of the related processes of abrasion, wear and polishing, P.L.B. Oxley; recent advances in ultraprecision surface finishing technology in Japan, N. Yasunaga; possible mechanism of brittle-ductile transition in material removal in micromachining of brittle materials, S. Shimada et al; phase transformation in silicon during nano-indentation, H. Tanaka and L.C. Zhang; electrophoresis-polishing with a partial electrode type tool, K. Suzuki et al; on-machine electrodischarge truing/dressing method for metal bond wheels, T. Uematsu and K. Suzuki; effect of abrasive grain size on surface finish and abrasives in abrasive-flow finishing of aluminium, K. Yamaguchi and N. Takakura; practical modelling of the surface integrity of ground components, L.C. Zhang; high-efficiency grinding of difficult-to-machine materials, T. Suto et al; precision optical polishing and super-finishing of brittle materials using pitch and Teflon laps, A.J. Leistner.