Patent ID: 8597538

Claim:
A method of slicing a substrate, which method comprises: (i) contacting the substrate with a composition comprising: (a) a liquid carrier comprising at least about 50 wt. % water and about 0.1 wt. % to about 20 wt. % of a polyol, based on the weight of the liquid carrier; (b) about 30 wt. % to about 60 wt. % of an abrasive suspended in the liquid carrier; and (c) about 0.2 wt. % to about 10 wt. % of a thickener, wherein the thickener is a cellulose compound; (ii) contacting the substrate and the composition with a wire saw, and (iii) moving the wire saw, with the composition in contact therewith, relative to the substrate so as to abrade at least a portion of the substrate to slice the substrate.