ASTM A228 Music Wire vs. EN 1.7366 Steel
Both ASTM A228 music wire and EN 1.7366 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% 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 ASTM A228 music wire and the bottom bar is EN 1.7366 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 710 | |
| 140 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 1280 | |
| 160 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 1470 | |
| 290 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 2450 | |
| 460 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 2050 | |
| 230 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 510 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 49 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 8.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 9.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 4.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 69 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 280 | |
| 74 to 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 87 | |
| 16 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 52 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 79 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98 to 99 | |
| 91.9 to 95.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |