S36200 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A228 Music Wire
Both S36200 stainless steel and ASTM A228 music wire are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S36200 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A228 music wire.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 4.6 | |
| 12 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 450 to 570 | |
| 1280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 680 to 810 | |
| 1470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1180 to 1410 | |
| 2450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 960 to 1240 | |
| 2050 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 820 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 49 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 46 to 51 | |
| 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 42 to 50 | |
| 87 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 32 to 36 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 40 to 48 | |
| 79 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 14.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 75.4 to 79.5 | |
| 98 to 99 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.5 to 7.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |