Why isn’t stainless steel attracted to a magnet? Stainless steel contains a high amount of iron. Isn’t that enough to make it attracted to a magnet?
In: Chemistry
Some stainless steel is magnetic. Austenitic stainless steels are not magnetic and are made with extra elements like nickel and the atoms are arranged in a very specific way. There is also ferritic stainless steel which is magnetic.
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