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ASTM A228 Music Wire vs. Grade 7 Babbitt Metal

ASTM A228 music wire belongs to the iron alloys classification, while grade 7 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A228 music wire and the bottom bar is grade 7 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 710
23
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
26
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.4
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
9.1
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 2050
25

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
48
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
270
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
240
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
150
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
26

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
23
Density, g/cm3 7.8
10
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
4.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
62
Embodied Water, L/kg 45
880

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
1.4
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
9.6

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Antimony (Sb), % 0
14 to 16
Arsenic (As), % 0
0.3 to 0.6
Bismuth (Bi), % 0
0 to 0.1
Cadmium (Cd), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0.7 to 1.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 98 to 99
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0
71.9 to 76.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.6
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0
Silicon (Si), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
9.3 to 10.7
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.0050