It is not used in highly abrasive applications.
In some regions there were extended bands of dust and sand that stretched interminably through the Belt, almost invisible from a distance, but highly abrasive and awkward for passing ships.
The silica spicules fossilised with the sponges makes the material hazardous to handle by being highly abrasive.
Water eductors are water pumps used for dredging silt and panning for gold, they're used because they can handle the highly abrasive mixtures quite well.
High volume processes, tight tolerances, and highly abrasive processes are ideal for diamond tooling.
Most PCBs are made of highly abrasive fiberglass, which quickly wears steel bits, especially given the hundreds or thousands of holes on most circuit boards.
The erupting lava cooled very fast, which created a cloud of highly abrasive glass-rich ash.
Cold water from melted ice quickly chilled the lava causing it to fragment into highly abrasive glass particles that were then carried into the eruption plume.
Coal slurry contains a large number of highly abrasive and corrosive minerals that have been washed and leached out of coal and rocks.
The quenching area is typically a highly corrosive environment and the reagent slurries are highly abrasive.