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Title: Towards predicting removal rate and surface roughness during grinding of optical materials

Abstract

A series of controlled grinding experiments, utilizing loose or fixed abrasives of either alumina or diamond at various particle sizes, were performed on a wide range of optical workpiece materials [single crystals of Al2O3 (sapphire), SiC, Y3Al5O12 (YAG), CaF2, and LiB3O5 (LBO); a SiO2-Al2O3-P2O5-Li2O glass ceramic (Zerodur); and glasses of SiO2:TiO2 (ULE), SiO2 (fused silica), and P2O5-Al2O3-K2O-BaO (Phosphate)]. The material removal rate, surface roughness, and the morphology of surface fractures were measured. Separately, Vickers indentation was performed on the workpieces, and the depths of various crack types as a function of applied load was measured. Single pass grinding experiments showed distinct differences in the spatial pattern of surface fracturing between the loose alumina abrasive (isolated indent-type lateral cracking) and the loose or fixed diamond abrasive (scratch-type elongated lateral cracking). Each of the grinding methods had a removal rate and roughness that scaled with the lateral crack slope, sℓ (i.e. the rate of increase in lateral crack depth with the applied load) of the workpiece material. A grinding model (based on the volumetric removal of lateral cracks accounting for neighboring lateral crack removal efficiency and the fraction of abrasive particles leading to fracture initiation) and a roughness model (based on themore » depth of lateral cracks or the interface gap between the workpiece and lap) are shown to quantitatively describe the material removal rate and roughness as a function of workpiece material, abrasive size, applied pressure and relative velocity. This broad, multi-process variable grinding model can serve as a predictive tool for estimating grinding rates and surface roughness for various grinding processes on different workpiece materials« less

Authors:
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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1542715
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1503358
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-780620
Journal ID: ISSN 1559-128X; APOPAI; 972565
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Applied Optics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 58; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 1559-128X
Publisher:
Optical Society of America
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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Suratwala, Tayyab, Steele, Rusty, Wong, Lana, Miller, Phil, Feigenbaum, Eyal, Shen, Nan, Ray, Nathan, and Feit, Michael. Towards predicting removal rate and surface roughness during grinding of optical materials. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1364/AO.58.002490.
Suratwala, Tayyab, Steele, Rusty, Wong, Lana, Miller, Phil, Feigenbaum, Eyal, Shen, Nan, Ray, Nathan, & Feit, Michael. Towards predicting removal rate and surface roughness during grinding of optical materials. United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.58.002490
Suratwala, Tayyab, Steele, Rusty, Wong, Lana, Miller, Phil, Feigenbaum, Eyal, Shen, Nan, Ray, Nathan, and Feit, Michael. Wed . "Towards predicting removal rate and surface roughness during grinding of optical materials". United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.58.002490. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1542715.
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author = {Suratwala, Tayyab and Steele, Rusty and Wong, Lana and Miller, Phil and Feigenbaum, Eyal and Shen, Nan and Ray, Nathan and Feit, Michael},
abstractNote = {A series of controlled grinding experiments, utilizing loose or fixed abrasives of either alumina or diamond at various particle sizes, were performed on a wide range of optical workpiece materials [single crystals of Al2O3 (sapphire), SiC, Y3Al5O12 (YAG), CaF2, and LiB3O5 (LBO); a SiO2-Al2O3-P2O5-Li2O glass ceramic (Zerodur); and glasses of SiO2:TiO2 (ULE), SiO2 (fused silica), and P2O5-Al2O3-K2O-BaO (Phosphate)]. The material removal rate, surface roughness, and the morphology of surface fractures were measured. Separately, Vickers indentation was performed on the workpieces, and the depths of various crack types as a function of applied load was measured. Single pass grinding experiments showed distinct differences in the spatial pattern of surface fracturing between the loose alumina abrasive (isolated indent-type lateral cracking) and the loose or fixed diamond abrasive (scratch-type elongated lateral cracking). Each of the grinding methods had a removal rate and roughness that scaled with the lateral crack slope, sℓ (i.e. the rate of increase in lateral crack depth with the applied load) of the workpiece material. A grinding model (based on the volumetric removal of lateral cracks accounting for neighboring lateral crack removal efficiency and the fraction of abrasive particles leading to fracture initiation) and a roughness model (based on the depth of lateral cracks or the interface gap between the workpiece and lap) are shown to quantitatively describe the material removal rate and roughness as a function of workpiece material, abrasive size, applied pressure and relative velocity. This broad, multi-process variable grinding model can serve as a predictive tool for estimating grinding rates and surface roughness for various grinding processes on different workpiece materials},
doi = {10.1364/AO.58.002490},
journal = {Applied Optics},
number = 10,
volume = 58,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Mar 27 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Wed Mar 27 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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