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Cemented carbides are hard and brittle materials. Their material properties are adjusted by their chemical composition, in particular their average hard phase grain size and their binder fraction. The research paper focusses on grinding of cemented carbides with cobalt (Co) as binder and tungsten carbide (WC) as hard phase material. Within the research paper, it is discussed if and to what extent the cemented carbide composition affects the occurring thermo-mechanical load collective in the grinding process. In particular, the influence of the average WC grain size and the cobalt fraction on the thermo-mechanical load collective is investigated and explained by the cemented carbide material properties. The results of the publication contribute to a knowledge-based design of cemented carbide grinding processes.