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Designation:G19015Standard Guide forDeveloping and Selecting Wear Tests1This standard is issued under the fixed designation G190;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 This guide covers general information for the develop-ment and selection of a wear test for an intended application.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2D2266 Test Method for Wear Preventive Characteristics ofLubricating Grease(Four-Ball Method)D2670 Test Method for Measuring Wear Properties of FluidLubricants(Falex Pin and Vee Block Method)D2714 Test Method for Calibration and Operation of theFalex Block-on-Ring Friction and Wear Testing MachineD3702 Test Method for Wear Rate and Coefficient of Fric-tion of Materials in Self-Lubricated Rubbing ContactUsing a Thrust Washer Testing MachineD3704 Test Method for Wear Preventive Properties of Lu-bricating Greases Using the(Falex)Block on Ring TestMachine in Oscillating MotionD4170 Test Method for Fretting Wear Protection by Lubri-cating GreasesD4172 Test Method for Wear Preventive Characteristics ofLubricating Fluid(Four-Ball Method)F732 Test Method for Wear Testing of Polymeric MaterialsUsed in Total Joint ProsthesesG32 Test Method for Cavitation Erosion Using VibratoryApparatusG40 Terminology Relating to Wear and ErosionG56 Test Method for Abrasiveness of Ink-Impregnated Fab-ric Printer Ribbons and Other Web MaterialsG65 Test Method for Measuring Abrasion Using the DrySand/Rubber Wheel ApparatusG73 Test Method for Liquid Impingement Erosion UsingRotating ApparatusG75 Test Method for Determination of Slurry Abrasivity(Miller Number)and Slurry Abrasion Response of Mate-rials(SAR Number)G76 Test Method for Conducting Erosion Tests by SolidParticle Impingement Using Gas JetsG77 Test Method for Ranking Resistance of Materials toSliding Wear Using Block-on-Ring Wear TestG81 Test Method for Jaw Crusher Gouging Abrasion TestG83 Test Method for Wear Testing with a Crossed-CylinderApparatus(Withdrawn 2005)3G98 Test Method for Galling Resistance of MaterialsG99 Test Method for Wear Testing with a Pin-on-DiskApparatusG105 Test Method for Conducting Wet Sand/Rubber WheelAbrasion TestsG117 Guide for Calculating and Reporting Measures ofPrecision Using Data from Interlaboratory Wear or Ero-sion TestsG118 Guide for Recommended Format of Wear Test DataSuitable for DatabasesG119 Guide for Determining Synergism Between Wear andCorrosionG132 Test Method for Pin Abrasion TestingG133 Test Method for Linearly Reciprocating Ball-on-FlatSliding WearG134 Test Method for Erosion of Solid Materials by Cavi-tating Liquid JetG137 Test Method for Ranking Resistance of Plastic Mate-rials to Sliding Wear Using a Block-On-Ring Configura-tionG163 Guide for Digital Data Acquisition in Wear andFriction MeasurementsG171 Test Method for Scratch Hardness of Materials Usinga Diamond StylusG174 Test Method for Measuring Abrasion Resistance ofMaterials by Abrasive Loop ContactG176 Test Method for Ranking Resistance of Plastics toSlidingWearUsingBlock-on-RingWearTestCumulative Wear MethodG181 Test Method for Conducting Friction Tests of PistonRing and Cylinder Liner Materials Under LubricatedConditions1This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee G02 on Wear andErosion and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee G02.20 on Data Acquisi-tion in Tribosystems.Current edition approved May 1,2015.Published May 2015.Originallyapproved in 2006.Last previous edition approved in 2006 as G190 06 which waswithdrawn January 2015 and reinstated in May 2015.DOI:10.1520/G0190-15.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.3The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced onwww.astm.org.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 3.Terminology3.1 Definitions:3.1.1 See Terminology G40 for terms used in this guide.3.1.2 weardamage to a solid surface,generally involvingprogressive loss of material,due to relative motion betweenthat surface and a contacting substance or substances.3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:3.2.1 wear testany test for the determination of wearcharacteristics of materials.4.Summary of Guide4.1 This guide describes the generic elements that need tobe considered in the selection and development of a wear testfor it to be relevant to an application.General recommenda-tions and considerations regarding these elements and theirsignificance in the process of selecting and developing a weartest are provided.Variability to be expected with a well-controlled test is discussed as