FIXED ABRASIVE GRAIN WIRE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE FIXED ABRASIVE GRAIN WIRE, AND ABRASIVE GRAINS FOR USE IN FIXED ABRASIVE GRAIN WIRE

摘要

Disclosed is a process that can stably produce a fixed abrasive grain wire provided with a covering of a metal plating layer with a plurality of abrasive grains incorporated therein.  A metallic wire is immersed in an electrolysis solution containing a plurality of abrasive grains and cations of a metal to be plated.  A suitable potential difference is provided between an anode and a cathode which is the metallic wire, whereby the plurality of abrasive grains contained in the electrolysis solution and a metal produced from the cations by a reduction are deposited on the surface of the metallic wire as the cathode to produce a fixed abrasive grain wire provided with a covering of a metal plating layer containing a plurality of abrasive grains.  The abrasive grains contained in the electrolysis solution have a surface that has been previously plated with a metal having a lower ionization tendency than silver.