Wear and roughness of the metal surface at polishing by bound abrasive

The model is proposed of the process of polishing of plastic metals by a resin polisher with the surface-saturated layer of abrasive. The model is based on the idea about a net independent effect of individual grains on the metal surface. A linear dependence of the wear rate on the applied pressure is substantiated. It is shown that a determining characteristic of metal in the process of polishing is elastic modulus rather than hardness or yield point. The dependence of a maximally attainable roughness of the metal surface on its plasticity, pressure, concentration and dimension of the abrasive is found