C99400 Brass vs. ASTM A228 Music Wire
C99400 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while ASTM A228 music wire belongs to the iron alloys. There are 23 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 C99400 brass and the bottom bar is ASTM A228 music wire.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 550 | |
| 2450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 370 | |
| 2050 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 17 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 17 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 87 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 19 | |
| 79 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 83.5 to 96.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.0 to 3.0 | |
| 98 to 99 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.5 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |