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Old 03-07-2007, 03:59 PM
TerryS TerryS is offline
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Originally Posted by Matt L View Post
The interesting part is that even high-quality SS is still about 95% iron. But the iron molecules are bound so tightly that they can't align to the magnet. They also can't bind easily to oxygen, for the same reason.
Wrong again. the 300 series alloys are 18% (minimum) chrome, 8%(min) Nickel, and the 316 alloy has 3-4% Molybdenum.

Carbon in the 300 series is between .03 and .08%
Carbon in the 400 series runs from .11-.15%
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