EN 1.7380 Steel vs. ASTM A228 Music Wire
Both EN 1.7380 steel and ASTM A228 music wire are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7380 steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A228 music wire.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 170 | |
| 710 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 19 to 20 | |
| 12 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 230 | |
| 1280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 330 to 350 | |
| 1470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 to 550 | |
| 2450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 330 | |
| 2050 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 460 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 39 | |
| 49 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.6 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.8 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 59 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 87 to 98 | |
| 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 20 | |
| 87 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 79 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.14 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.6 to 96.6 | |
| 98 to 99 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |