C55282 Copper vs. ASTM A228 Music Wire
C55282 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while ASTM A228 music wire belongs to the iron alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C55282 copper and the bottom bar is ASTM A228 music wire.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 180 | |
| 2450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 190 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 770 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 640 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.0 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 19 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.8 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.8 | |
| 87 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.2 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.4 | |
| 79 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 87.7 to 88.7 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 98 to 99 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 6.5 to 7.0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 4.8 to 5.2 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |