You are right and i stand corrected. It is the minimum 11.5% by weight of
chrome that makes it what it is.


"charlie" wrote in message
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"S. Barker" wrote in message
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Incidentally, true stainless is infact non magnetic. True stainless has
no iron in it. So if it's got iron in it, it's not much of a stainless
steel.

s

no iron? it wouldn't be steel if it had no iron in it. it's the addition
of trace elements to iron that makes it stainless.



"Smitty Two" wrote in message
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(Incidentally, many types of stainless *are* magnetic. Given the
popularity of magnets on fridges, you'd think some appliance
manufacturer would jump on that possibility.)