wear
Also known as mechanical wear, surface wear
thumb|Rear (driven) bicycle sprockets. Left, new, shows no wear. Right, used, shows obvious wear from being driven clockwise.
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19 sectionsContents
- Wear types and mechanisms
- Adhesive wear
- Surface fatigue
- Fretting wear
- Erosive wear
- Corrosion and oxidation wear
- Impact Wear
- Other Types of Wear
- Wear stages
- Wear testing
- Modeling of wear
- Measuring wear
- Wear coefficient
- Lubricant analysis
- Digital analysis of wear debris
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Rear (driven) bicycle sprockets. Left, new, shows no wear. Right, used, shows obvious wear from being driven clockwise.
Wear is the damaging, gradual removal or deformation of material at solid surfaces. Causes of wear can be mechanical (e.g., erosion) or chemical (e.g., corrosion). The study of wear and related processes is referred to as tribology.