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ASTM A228 Music Wire vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel

Both ASTM A228 music wire and AISI 205 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A228 music wire and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 710
210 to 440
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 12
11 to 51
Fatigue Strength, MPa 1280
410 to 640
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
77
Shear Strength, MPa 1470
560 to 850
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 2450
800 to 1430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 2050
450 to 1100

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
880
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
11
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 45
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 280
150 to 430
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 87
29 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 52
25 to 37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 79
16 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.7 to 1.0
0.12 to 0.25
Chromium (Cr), % 0
16.5 to 18.5
Iron (Fe), % 98 to 99
62.6 to 68.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.6
14 to 15.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
1.0 to 1.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.32 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0.1 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030