Increased wear accelerates iron plough degradation because of which primary abrasive mechanism?

💡 Explanation

Abrasion increased when soil contains hard particles, introducing three-body abrasion between the ploughshare and the soil. The plough rapidly degrades because the hard particles gouge the iron. Therefore, three-body abrasion causes increased wear, rather than polishing or uniform corrosion.

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