Abrasion resistance is the ability of materials to withstand the effects of abrasion, for example: repeated wearing, rubbing, scrapping, etc.
An abrasion test is a test used to measure the resistance of a material to wear stemming from sliding contact such as rubbing,grinding, or scraping against another material. An abrasion test may also be referred to as wear testing, as an abrasion resistance test,or simply as a resistance test.
Wear testing is of interest in a number of technical fields, including civil and mechanical engineering,reliability engineering, metallurgy, and geology. These tests are of importance in ensuring the durability of a material in a particular product or application,and in ensuring that material that erodes because of abrasion does not cause environmental or safety hazards in the production or test environments or in use of the product.
Abrasion testing is used to test the abrasive resistance of solid materials. Materials such as metals, composites, ceramics, and thick (weld overlays and thermal spray) coatings can be tested with these methods.
