Why is some stainless steel magnetic and other stainless steel is not magnetic?
In: Chemistry
I browsed some of the responses and most were overly complicated or only partially right. True stainless steel is not magnetic. Appliance makers want their fridge to be magnetic, but to do that, trade offs have to be made. Some have lowered the “stainless” content low enough to be magnetic, but they rust and tarnish more easily. Other methods have been to use different material altogether that mimic stainless. The manufacturers are constantly developing different finishes to improve problems. Another problem with stainless is it attracts and shows fingerprints. Manufacturers are now working on metallic doors that are both magnetic and also don’t show fingerprints so easily.
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