SAE-AISI 1140 Steel vs. ASTM A228 Music Wire
Both SAE-AISI 1140 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 (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1140 steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A228 music wire.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 180 | |
| 710 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 18 | |
| 12 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 370 | |
| 1280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 420 | |
| 1470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 700 | |
| 2450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 340 to 570 | |
| 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 | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 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 | 89 to 93 | |
| 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 87 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 79 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.37 to 0.44 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 98.9 | |
| 98 to 99 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |