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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.
Wear types and mechanisms, Overview & Measuring wear
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wear | is a | damaging | 0.90 | text |
| Wear | is a | repeated cyclical rubbing between two surfaces | 0.90 | text |
| fatigue | instance of | together with other processes | 0.80 | text |
| creep | instance of | together with other processes | 0.80 | text |
| causes functional surfaces to degrade | instance of | together with other processes | 0.80 | text |
| eventually leading to material failure or loss of functionality | instance of | together with other processes | 0.80 | text |
| type of loading | instance of | solid particles or liquid droplets entrained in flowing gasses.The wear rate is affected by factors | 0.80 | text |
| Wear | has impact | Impact | 0.60 | section |
| Wear | has impact | Unlike | 0.60 | section |
| Wear | has impact | If | 0.60 | section |
| Wear | has impact | The | 0.60 | section |
| Wear | related to Abrasive wear | Abrasive | 0.60 | section |
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