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Drywall vs. Steel A992 Compare Drywall vs. Steel A992 strength, stiffness, weight and thermal properties.
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Questions Is Drywall stronger than Steel A992? Steel A992 is stronger: its yield strength is 385 MPa against tensile strength 1.5 MPa for Drywall (257x).
Which is stiffer, Drywall or Steel A992? Steel A992 is stiffer: Young's modulus 200 GPa against 1.5 GPa for Drywall, so the same part in Steel A992 deflects less under the same load.
Which expands less with temperature? Steel A992 expands less: 12 µm/m·K against 16.7 µm/m·K for Drywall.
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