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There is a serious wear problem in the middle plate of scraper conveyors, which causes the problems of high transportation cost, low efficiency, and a lot of material waste. Therefore, it is necessary to study the wear performance of middle plate materials. A new high-titanium low alloy wear-resistant steel (ZM4-13) and a typical material (NM400) for middle plates are studied in this paper. The findings show that the mass loss of ZM4-13 and NM400 rises with the increase of coal gangue percentage. They do not increase monotonically with the change of pH value, and there is a critical value: the critical value of NM400 is between 6–8, and the critical value of ZM4-13 is between 7–9. When the pH value is less than the critical value, the mass loss decreases with the increase of pH value; when the pH value is greater than the critical value, the mass loss increases with the increase of pH value. Under the condition of high gangue and neutral solutions, ZM4-13 has better wear resistance. Its wear resistance can reach up to 1.09–2.10 times compared with NM400. The in-situ precipitated TiC particles are dispersed in ZM4-13. The high hardness of the TiC precipitation area in ZM4-13 hinders the plowing of hard particles and the plastic deformation of surface materials, so ZM4-13 is more wear-resistant than NM400, especially suitable for the harsh working conditions of coal mine production.