This document summarizes fundamentals of erosive wear. It defines erosive wear as degradation of material due to impact of particles travelling at significant velocity. Examples include damage to gas turbines from dust and wear of slurry pump impellers. Erosive wear mechanisms include plastic deformation and surface fatigue depending on particle speed. Types are solid particle, liquid impact, and cavitation erosion. Erosive wear rate is affected by impingement angle, particle properties like shape, hardness and size, and flux rate. Erosion can also occur with corrosion in erosive-corrosion.