ASTM A228 Music Wire vs. C73500 Nickel Silver
ASTM A228 music wire belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C73500 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 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 ASTM A228 music wire and the bottom bar is C73500 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 47 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 2450 | |
| 380 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 210 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1140 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1090 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 49 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 6.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 6.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 35 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 4.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 61 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 8.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 87 | |
| 12 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 52 | |
| 13 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 79 | |
| 13 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 70.5 to 73.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98 to 99 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 16.5 to 19.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 5.7 to 13 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |