I keep hearing the phrase ‘stainless steel’ and I’m still not sure why it’s such a selling point compared to regular steel. Is it just for aesthetic purposes?
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There are many different grades of steel such as carbon steel, tool steel, damascus steel, and of course stainless steel. Stainless steel has chromium mixed in to prevent rusting and keep the shine for a long period of time. While aesthetics is one aspect, prevention of rust is a much more major one, as rust can compromise structural stability. Also, not rusting means that stainless steel is very light on maintainence, so it’s used for parts which are hard to conduct maintainence on. It’s also arguably cheaper in the long-term due to lack of maintainence required.
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