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ASTM A228 Music Wire vs. EN 1.4310 Stainless Steel

Both ASTM A228 music wire and EN 1.4310 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A228 music wire and the bottom bar is EN 1.4310 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 710
200 to 270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 12
14 to 45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 1280
240 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
77
Shear Strength, MPa 1470
510 to 550
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 2450
730 to 900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 2050
260 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 49
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
18

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.2
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
14
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 45
140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 280
110 to 260
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 87
26 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 52
23 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 79
15 to 18

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.7 to 1.0
0.050 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0
16 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 98 to 99
66.4 to 78
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.6
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 0
6.0 to 9.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0.1 to 0.3
0 to 2.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015