S20910 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A228 Music Wire
Both S20910 stainless steel and ASTM A228 music wire are iron alloys. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A228 music wire.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 to 290 | |
| 710 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 39 | |
| 12 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 460 | |
| 1280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 500 to 570 | |
| 1470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
| 2450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 810 | |
| 2050 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 49 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
| 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 87 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 79 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 52.1 to 62.1 | |
| 98 to 99 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |