This section is from the book "Scientific American Reference Book. A Manual for the Office, Household and Shop", by Albert A. Hopkins, A. Russell Bond. Also available from Amazon: Scientific American Reference Book.
Name of Metal. | Tensile Strength in Pounds per Sq. In. |
Aluminum wire | 30,000-40,000 |
Brass wire, hard drawn | 50,000-150,000 |
Bronze,phosphor,hard drawn | 110,000-140,000 |
" silicon | 95,000-115,000 |
Copper wire, hard drawn. | 60,000-70,000 |
Gold * wire. | 38,000-41,000 |
Iron, † cast | 13,000-29,000 |
" wire, hard drawn. | 80,000-120,000 |
" " annealed. | 50,000-60,000 |
Lead, cast or drawn. | 2,600-3,300 |
Palladium * | 39,000 |
Platinum * wire | 50,000 |
Silver * wire | 42,000 |
Steel, mild, hard drawn | 100,000-200,000 |
" hard " | 150,000-330,000 |
Tin, cast or drawn | 4,000-5,000 |
Zinc, cast | 7,000-13,000 |
" drawn | 22,000-30,000 |
 
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