On Mar 26, 2:13*pm, "S. Barker" wrote:
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.

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According to my Metallurgy 101 book all stainless steels contain Fe or
iron as the major component. If no iron is present you're talking
about alloys like Inconel, Rene 41, etc. Lots of info on stainless
steels listed by Google. Have a look and be enlightened.

Joe