Thread: What kind of metal in a food strainer?
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Default What kind of metal in a food strainer?
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... See if a magnet sticks. Most food-grade
stainless items are the non-magetic sort.

A magnet doesn't stick, but it's definitely not SS. SS doesn't react
like this with HCl.

And the iron underneath the
tin will react with the hydrochloric acid pretty quickly, too. ...

Iron doesn't react as vigorously as this does. It was "boiling" away to
the end, not just while a coating was being reacted.

Bob
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