MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4518 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A228 Music Wire

Both EN 1.4518 stainless steel and ASTM A228 music wire are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4518 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A228 music wire.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
12
Fatigue Strength, MPa 160
1280
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 490
2450
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210
2050

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
49
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.1
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.4
8.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.0
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 55
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
45

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
87
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
52
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
79

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.7 to 1.0
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
0
Iron (Fe), % 61.4 to 70
98 to 99
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.2 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 3.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 9.0 to 12
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.5
0.1 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030