EN 1.0580 Steel vs. ASTM A228 Music Wire
Both EN 1.0580 steel and ASTM A228 music wire are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.0580 steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A228 music wire.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 180 | |
| 710 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.6 to 25 | |
| 12 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 270 | |
| 1280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 360 | |
| 1470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 to 620 | |
| 2450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 450 | |
| 2050 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 49 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 to 120 | |
| 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 22 | |
| 87 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 21 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 20 | |
| 79 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.22 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.5 to 100 | |
| 98 to 99 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.6 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |