Abstract
Some investigations of the effect of grinding on the structure of carbon steel containing 0.45% carbon were carried out by using an X-ray technique, an electron microscope and an electron microprobe X-ray analyser. The relationship between hardness change with the depth from the surface in contact with grinding tool and the grinding conditions was also examined. The experimental results showed that a fundamental change in the structure of the surface layer due to the grinding was related strongly to the generation of plastic flow and heat evolution in the surface layer during grinding.
