ASTM A228 Music Wire vs. Titanium 4-4-2
ASTM A228 music wire belongs to the iron alloys classification, while titanium 4-4-2 belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A228 music wire and the bottom bar is titanium 4-4-2.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 | |
| 10 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 1280 | |
| 590 to 620 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 42 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 1470 | |
| 690 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 2450 | |
| 1150 to 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 2050 | |
| 1030 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1610 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 540 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 49 | |
| 6.7 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 39 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 4.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 30 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 480 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 280 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 87 | |
| 68 to 74 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 52 | |
| 52 to 55 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 2.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 79 | |
| 86 to 93 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98 to 99 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0.3 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 85.8 to 92.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |