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refusalspam · 12.15.2007, 01:31 AM

FYI, stainless steel is "stainless" because of the addition of chromium. This has a side effect that it cannot be heat treated like 12.9 steel (which gives it strength), but conversely 12.9 is more prone to becoming rusty (which explains why they always coat it with something).

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refusalspam RefusalSpam Offline Posts: 12 Join Date: Dec 2006	12.15.2007, 01:31 AM FYI, stainless steel is "stainless" because of the addition of chromium. This has a side effect that it cannot be heat treated like 12.9 steel (which gives it strength), but conversely 12.9 is more prone to becoming rusty (which explains why they always coat it with something).