S31277 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A228 Music Wire
Both S31277 stainless steel and ASTM A228 music wire are iron alloys. They have 41% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 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 S31277 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A228 music wire.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 12 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 | |
| 1280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 | |
| 1470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 | |
| 2450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 410 | |
| 2050 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.7 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 90 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 320 | |
| 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 | |
| 87 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 79 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 35.5 to 46.2 | |
| 98 to 99 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.5 to 8.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 26 to 28 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.3 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 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 |