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Soil Abrasion

Test Method Title

Soil Abrasion

Reference Number

Dahl et al. method - 2007 NTNU/SINTEF

Material

Soil

Test Property

tool wear from mining

Description of Test

Material < 4mm is processed and passed under a steel test element at 20 rpm for one minute. The amount of wear measured on the steel test element is measured to provide the Soil Abrasivity index.

Number of Test Specimens

1 or more

Test Specimen Size

200 grams minus 4 mm size

Keywords

Abrasion, bit, SINTEF, wear