You can use, with controlled parameters.

Wear tests are decided on the basis of applications. For abrasive wheel wear behavior is well suited. Nonetheless, you can draw a rough estimation from erosive test.

I agree with mr Sharma. But have in mind that you will have a different wear mechanism, so it can lead to wrong conclusions. I would worry specially with the difference on the matrix wear.

Dear Avinash Balakrishnan,

The provided topic is interesting.

On top of the strong connection between the abrasive elements and the base, the type of binder has an influential effect. Under different wear test conditions, the substances used to induce wear also have an effect. They can be abrasive substances, inhibitors or aggressive chemicals leading to a decrease in the durability of the binder. In addition, the wear is complex between the sample body, the test sample and the added substance to speed up the process.

Dear Mr Avinash,

First of all, and from my modest knowledge, wear is a generic term used to describe the different types of material damaging, and could be either mechanical (abrasion or erosion for example) or chemical (i.g. corrosion).

Since your application is abrasive wheels (be it for grinding or cutting) which includes the removal of material by friction, I would recommend abrasion tests to simulate the friction. Pin-on-disc test rig is the most common and it is widely used. Moreover, in this test you can control the size of your abrasive particles and the rotation speed of the disc to simulate real conditions. Furthermore, you can perform your test in wet or dry conditions depending on your end of use application.

Now let us move to erosion, which also removes material but with the solid particles impinging the surface from a certain angle, which is not the case for you I suppose. In this case you will need to control many parameters such as the impact angle, velocity, concentration of the impinging particles, etc. This type of test is not very adequate for your application.

To sum up, if your application includes friction, the best is abrasion test. If you have impinging particles, erosion test is what you need to have correct conclusions on the behavior of your material.

Three body abrasive wear test will be the best option.

Erosion test cannot be used to replicate the abrasive wear as they are completely different in nature. As you know, the length of contact between two solids in abrasion are way higher than just an impingement from a solid particle, as it occurs during erosion action.