To make it last for a long time
No; steel is an iron-carbon alloy. Stainless steel is an alloy of steel with chromium added. Stainless steel is usually 13-25% chromium (by weight).
No steel is more durable. But zinc is usually used to coat steel or other metals because it is resistant to rusting or corrosion.
No. Platinum is a naturally occurring element. It comes from mines. Stainless steel is a metal made mainly of the element iron but with a few other metals, none of which are platinum.
It is an example of an alloy. Mild steel or high carbon steel can be formed using different metals such as mainly iron and carbon. Other metals can be added such as nickel and chromium to form stainless steel.
Yes
why are other metals added to stainless steel
Stainless Steel must have at least 10.5-11% chromium content.
The addition of other metals makes steel stainless.
Steel is just a form of iron that is refined differently to iron in a blast furnace, as it is allowed to have a small amount of carbon and other alloying metals. However other forms of steel such as weathering steel and stainless steel have other metals (chromium, magnesium etc.) added to them to give them the properties that they require for their particular purpose.
Stainless steel does not corrode like other metals do. because of the tannic acid in cedar and the fact that it will be outdoors stainless steel will resist corrision much better.
The benefits of stainless steel materials are that they will not rust as other steels would. Additionally, steel is a lot more common than some other metals.
stainless steel
Oversimplifying it alot: Iron + Carbon --> High Carbon Steel High Carbon Steel + Chromium & other surface alloy metals --> Stainless Steel Basically Stainless Steel is ordinary Steel with a surface Chrome Steel layer protecting it from corrosion.
Chromium and nickel are metals mixed with iron. Carbon is also added.
Because it is made from iron and other metals such as nickel for example depending on the grade of stainless steel. the reason the steel is stainless is because the outside of the steel is protected by the non ferrous layers that will replace as it is scratched or worn of.
Well, the answer lies in the question; by saying 'real' stainless steel, you are implying that there are fake metals which go under the name 'stainless steel', thus the difference is that the stainless steel in refigerators is actually stainless steel, and the fake stainless steel is not...thus your question is answered...
Steel with chroniuum added