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. 2025 Nov 29;15:43446. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-27243-y

Table 4.

Cuttability parameters obtained from Cerchar measurements.

Rock ASFCerchar
[N]
ASD
[mm]
Vm
[mm3]
MoSFCerchar
[N/mm]
SECerchar
[mJ/mm3]
Granite 47.41 0.11 0.15 431.00 3162.67
Dolomite 56.06 0.15 1.32 374.40 424.68
Limestone 49.40 0.12 0.59 411.67 837.15
Greywacke 49.06 0.20 0.92 245.30 533.46
Sandstone 72.64 0.34 4.33 213.65 167.99
Gneiss *) 40.06 0.12 0.26 333.83 1540.58

*): Scratching direction is perpendicular to the foliated surface of the metamorphic rocks.