"If you live in a hard-partying area of the country, you may not want to buy a new car that was assembled on a Monday. And, you may not want to shoot pool with someone whose first name is the…

Most likely it does, regardless of the state of your memory. When I first heard the term "Memory", relative to stainless steel, I was anxious to find out what it referred to. An associate with one of the stainless mills…

[av_textblock size='' font_color='' color=''] Earlier, I had stated that we would cover various topics regarding maintenance steel. One of the topics listed was regarding Magnetic and Magnetism. Are those words synonyms? They are not, although you might think they were…

At this point perhaps we should have a little review of the earlier posts, just to see how things are going.   1. 304 and 316 can be thermally hardened to a. They can't be thermally hardened to b. The…

For a long time, austenitic stainless grades enjoyed the lion’s share of business in the world. Austenitic refers to the grain type, Austenite. Very simply described, these were non-magnetic (would not attract a magnet) grades of stainless, that were not…

Stainless steel is defined as any steel containing a minimum of 10-3/4% chromium, or 11%, depending on what your reference is. Stainless steel generally resists corrosive damage better than carbon steel and medium-alloyed carbon steel. Corrosion might be atmospheric (airborne…