In order to consider the mechanism of the abrasive wear in the condition of the loose particle, surfaces of carbon steel specimens, 0.71%C, worn by sands were observed microphotographically, and the rate of wear, the roughness of worn surfaces and the thickness of specimens were measured. Each specimen has the initial surface roughness.
Results obtained were as follows:
(1) The process of the abrasive wear is divided into two stages, i. e. primary and steady abrasion.
(2) While the rate of wear in the primary stage is small and is related to the initial surface roughness of a specimen, it is constant in the steady stage, independent of the initial roughness.
(3) The apparent increase of thickness of specimen involves an upheaval of substance caused by the plastic deformation of indentation.
(4) The transition of the primary stage to the steady one takes place when a plastic deformation covers the whole surface of a specimen and when no more apparent increase appears in the thinkness of a specimen giving a constant value of surface roughness. This point of transition is not affected by the initial values of surface roughness.
(5) Metals are worn by an action of mechanical destruction, and it is considered that the resistance to this action of metals are shown in the forms of “Deformability” and “Separatability”, where “Deformability” is termed to what degree a plastic deformation takes place, and “Separatability” to what degree the metal powders separate from a plastically-deformed surface layer.
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