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Abrasion Resistance

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Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers
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n (1) This test method (See www.astm.org) covers the determination of the resistance or organic coatings produced by an air blast of abrasive material on coatings applied a plane rigid substrate such as a glass or metal. (2) The ability of a coating to resist being worn away and to maintain its original appearance and structure as when subjected to rubbing, scraping, or erosion such as measured by the Taber Abraser The resistance to shearing of material from a surface, i.e., rubber has abrasion resistance from sand. The ability of a fiber or fabric to sustain wearing of its surface. See Abrasion. (3) The ability of a material to withstand mechanical actions such as subbing, scraping, grinding, sanding, or erosion that tends progressively to remove material from its surface (Gardner-Sward handbook) (1995) MNL 17, 14th edn. ASTM, Conshohocken, PA).

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Gooch, J.W. (2011). Abrasion Resistance. In: Gooch, J.W. (eds) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6247-8_36

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