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There isn't really a difference since a piece of steel can both stainless and air hardened.

Stainless steel is a steel alloy with a minimum of 10% chromium content by mass.

Metals can be hardened in a variety of ways. They may be work hardened, tempered, air or oil hardened, for example. Tempering, or the systematic heating, cooling and reheating of a material is one technique that might be used to harden steel.

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