Why doesn’t aluminum spark when hit with a grinder?

3 Responses to “Why doesn’t aluminum spark when hit with a grinder?”

1. Comment by novae2

   What kind of surface is your grinder? ANyhow, Aluminum is not a super hard metal. A grider would easily disintigrate the aluminum in to dust. Likely before it could spark.

2. Comment by teachr

   Aluminum is close to being a metalloid, in fact some might say it is.

   It is too soft.

   Get an “A”.

3. Comment by hanumaster

   it is too “soft” a metal