abrasion

Synthetics have a lot less hardness than steel though, and are subject to abrasion.

The abrasion problem is more internal than external.

No, we primarily wear full face helmets for the same reasons we wear leather or abrasion resistive textiles.

Drilling 4cm into a rock with a specific surface abrasion tool is a long way from plunging a 2 metre metal shaft into unknown terrain.

If anything, I'm wary of whitening toothpastes, which are ubiquitous and tend to work via abrasion.

I think this is one of the sources of abrasion between lawyers and hackers on HN -- the distinction between "legal" and "ethical" is not always made clear.

Biggest differences are abrasion resistance from the shell and more coverage on average, but 1/2 helmets - brain buckets - are very very similar.

The cover layer of a non-flight suit, which is used for ground-based testing, serves as abrasion/snag protection, a cover for technical details, and to a lesser extent, aesthetics.

Almost anything that requires abrasion benefits awesomely when the abrasive is diamond.

Xyletol is a very abrasion resistant polyester material.

I don't know much about graphene, but it might be a good material for abrasion resistance, if it is suited for withstanding tearing, cuts, and shear forces like the elephant-on-pencil example in the article claims.

The problem with road paint is that it's exposed to the sun, elements, salt, freeze/thaw cycles, abrasion, etc. Maybe they are using the cheap stuff where I live because what they tend to do is repaint in the summer and it's pretty much gone by the following spring.