Changes in particle size distribution play an important role in fluidized bed processes, and these changes are dominated by elutriation and carryover of fines and by attrition or agglomeration. In this study on attrition in gas-fluidized beds, we found that the attrition is a function of the particle size distribution, the jet velocities and the overall superficial gas velocity. Empirical equations have been developed to predict the attrition rate.