This paper reports investigations of electrical discharge machining (EDM) using a powder-suspended working fluid instead of a pure dielectric. The EDM characteristics obtained using hydrocarbon dielectric (kerosene) and a mixture of deionized water with abrasive powder have been compared. The relationships between surface roughness parameters, material removal rate and operating parameters of EDM have been determined for different kinds of powder and concentration in kerosene/water.
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