ABRASIVE PARTICLES HAVING PARTICULAR SHAPES AND METHODS OF FORMING SUCH PARTICLES

A coated abrasive article comprising a backing, an adhesive layer disposed in a discontinuous distribution on at least a portion of the backing, wherein the discontinuous distribution comprises a first plurality of discrete adhesive contact regions; and at least one particle disposed on a majority of each of the discrete adhesive contact regions, wherein at least 50% of the abrasive particles comprise a predetermined side orientation and have a tilt angle of at least 45 degrees, wherein the first plurality of discrete adhesive contact regions comprise a predetermined two-dimensional shape as viewed from above, and wherein each of the discrete contact regions comprises a length, a width, or a combination thereof that substantially corresponds to a dimension of the at least one particle.