ASTM A228 Music Wire vs. EN 1.4662 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A228 music wire and EN 1.4662 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 1.4662 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 | |
| 28 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 1280 | |
| 430 to 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 1470 | |
| 520 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 2450 | |
| 810 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 2050 | |
| 580 to 620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1090 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1430 |
| 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 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 280 | |
| 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 87 | |
| 29 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 52 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 3.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 79 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98 to 99 | |
| 62.6 to 70.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |