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Is stainless steel a pure substance or a mixture?
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).
Is Zinc as durable as stainless steel?
No steel is more durable. But zinc is usually used to coat steel or other metals because it is resistant to rusting or corrosion.
Can platinum be made from stainless steel?
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.
Iron sulfide is an example of what?
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.
Stainless steel is an example of what solution?
Yes
Why are other metals added to stanless steel?
why are other metals added to stainless steel
What other metals in stainless steel?
Stainless Steel must have at least 10.5-11% chromium content.
What makes steel stain less?
The addition of other metals makes steel stainless.
how you get steel?
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.
Why do you use stainless steel screws on a cedar fence?
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.
What are the benefits of Stainless Steel materials for industrial shelving?
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.
Which food are made in vessels of following metals iron brass stainless steel?
stainless steel
How ordinary iron to 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.
Which metal is mixed with iron to become stainless steel?
Chromium and nickel are metals mixed with iron. Carbon is also added.
Why is Stainless an alloy?
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.
What is the difference between stainless steel and real stainless steel in refrigerators?
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...
What is stainless steel made from?
Steel with chroniuum added
