SAE-AISI H41 Steel vs. ASTM A228 Music Wire
Both SAE-AISI H41 steel and ASTM A228 music wire are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI H41 steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A228 music wire.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 to 2210 | |
| 2450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1510 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 28 | |
| 49 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 97 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 97 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 76 | |
| 87 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 47 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.7 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 64 | |
| 79 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.6 to 0.75 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.8 to 85 | |
| 98 to 99 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 8.2 to 9.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 1.4 to 2.1 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 1.0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |