ASTM A228 Music Wire vs. Grade 200 Maraging Steel
Both ASTM A228 music wire and grade 200 maraging steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A228 music wire and the bottom bar is grade 200 maraging steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 | |
| 9.1 to 18 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 1470 | |
| 600 to 890 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 2450 | |
| 970 to 1500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 2050 | |
| 690 to 1490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 31 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 59 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 280 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 87 | |
| 33 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 52 | |
| 27 to 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 79 | |
| 29 to 45 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 9.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98 to 99 | |
| 67.8 to 71.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |