A diamond paste to be used for treating surfaces of workpieces comprising diamond powder in a mechanical mixture with surface-active and lubricating (cooling) components. The components of the paste are used in the following quantities (in % by weight): diamond powder filler: 30-2 green silicon carbide: up to 38 aerosil: up to 5 surface-active substance stearine: 20-5 low-molecular weight heat-resistant synthetic rubber: 20-40 lubricating cooling substance castor oil: 15-5 vaseline: 15-5
An abrasive slurry particularly suited for use in drilling or machining boron carbide consists essentially of a suspension of boron carbide and/or silicon carbide grit in a carrier solution consisting essentially of a dilute solution of alkylaryl polyether alcohol in octyl alcohol. The alkylaryl polyether alcohol functions as a wetting agent which improves the capacity of the octyl alcohol for carrying the grit in suspension, yet without substantially increasing the viscosity of the carrier solution.
