ASTM A228 Music Wire vs. SAE-AISI 1541 Steel
Both ASTM A228 music wire and SAE-AISI 1541 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A228 music wire and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1541 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 710 | |
| 210 to 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 1280 | |
| 260 to 420 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 1470 | |
| 440 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 2450 | |
| 720 to 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 2050 | |
| 390 to 680 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 400 |
| 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 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 280 | |
| 78 to 100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 87 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 52 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 79 | |
| 23 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0.36 to 0.44 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98 to 99 | |
| 97.8 to 98.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |