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ASTM A228 Music Wire vs. S46910 Stainless Steel

Both ASTM A228 music wire and S46910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 71% 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 S46910 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 710
270 to 630
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 12
2.2 to 11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 1280
250 to 1020
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
76
Shear Strength, MPa 1470
410 to 1410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 2450
680 to 2470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 2050
450 to 2290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
810
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
18
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 45
140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 280
48 to 130
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 87
24 to 86
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 52
22 to 51
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 79
23 to 84

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.15 to 0.5
Carbon (C), % 0.7 to 1.0
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
11 to 13
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.5 to 3.5
Iron (Fe), % 98 to 99
65 to 76
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.6
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
8.0 to 10
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0.1 to 0.3
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.5 to 1.2