ASTM A228 Properties⚙️ (Chem., Mech. & Rankings) rev. 2022

In this post I'll talk about and give details about ASTM A228. First let's describe it and then have a look at its material's properties.

What is ASTM A228?

ASTM A228 is a Specification for Steel Wire, Music Spring Quality

Category

Steel Wire

Scope

This specification covers a high quality, round, cold drawn steel music spring quality wire, uniform in mechanical properties, intended especially for the manufacture of springs subject to high stresses or requiring good fatigue properties.

Ok let's start with ASTM A228 chemical composition.

Chemical Composition

C

0.70 - 1.00

Mn

0.20 - 0.60

P max.

0.025

S max.

0.030

Si

0.10 - 0.30

Learn more about chemical composition.

Now it's the mechanical properties turn:

Tensile Strength

6 mm diameter

1600 to 1800 MPa

Learn more about what is tensile strength.

Density

7800 - 8000 kg/m3 (around 7.9 g/cm3 or 0.285 lb/in3).

Learn more about density.

Elastic Modulus

190 GPa (27557 ksi) - 210GPa (30458 ksi).

Learn more about the Elastic Modulus.

Poisson's Ratio

0.27 – 0.30.

Learn more about the poisson ratio.

Allowable Stress

Depends on the project (And its factor of safety).

Learn more about the what is allowable stress.

If you are interested in engineering content, be sure to check my other articles.

My Material's Rank

While engineers will often look for the cheapest material they can use, I took a different approach to material's selection to help newbie students.

I ranked materials according to their yield strengths and ASTM A228 currently ranks 142 in my yield strength index. This means there are other 141 materials that are more resistant.

Note: I've analysed 134 materials in order to create an yield strength index. Check my astm material's comparison post for more details.

Details and PDF

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References

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Other References

A 370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing⁣
of Steel Products2⁣
A 510 Specification for General Requirements for Wire⁣
Rods and Coarse Round Wire, Carbon Steel2⁣
A 510M Specification for General Requirements for Wire⁣
Rods and Coarse Round Wire, Carbon Steel [Metric]2⁣
A 700 Practices for Packaging, Marking, and Loading⁣
Methods for Steel Products for Domestic Shipment3⁣
A 751 Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for⁣
Chemical Analysis of Steel Products2⁣
A 938 Standard Test Method for Torsion Testing of Wire2⁣
A 941 Terminology Relating to Steel, Stainless Steel, Related⁣
Alloys, and Ferroalloys4⁣
E 29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to⁣
Determine Conformance with Specifications5⁣
E 1077 Test Method for Estimating the Depth of Decarburization⁣
of Steel Specimens6⁣