Why is some stainless steel magnetic and other stainless steel is not magnetic?
In: Chemistry
Not an engineer, but a shade tree motorcycle mechanic and DIY homeowner. Have done some work with stuff made from really cheap stainless, and some that was really expensive.
“Stainless” is more of a suggestion than a hard characteristic. More accurate to say “won’t visibly corrode with certain limits of PH, temperature, salinity, etc”
“Stainless” steel is a wide collection of alloys that exhibit a bunch of different properties. Some are magnetic, some are pretty strong, some have incredible corrosion resistance. Some are biocompatible. Stainless that is both corrosion resistant AND really strong is usually really expensive.
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