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ASTM A228 Music Wire vs. S30601 Stainless Steel

Both ASTM A228 music wire and S30601 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A228 music wire and the bottom bar is S30601 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 710
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 12
37
Fatigue Strength, MPa 1280
250
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
75
Shear Strength, MPa 1470
450
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 2450
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 2050
300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
370
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
950
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1360
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1310
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
500
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
20
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 45
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 280
200
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 87
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 52
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 79
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.7 to 1.0
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 0
17 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.35
Iron (Fe), % 98 to 99
56.9 to 60.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.6
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0
17 to 18
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.050
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0.1 to 0.3
5.0 to 5.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.013