Stainless steel is a generic name for a # of metals with a base of iron and other metals as Nickel, chronmium, molybedum, cobalt,vanadium, etc.-depending on its uses. The common alloy is 304 which is 18% chrome and 8 % nickel, balance iron. We in the metals busines call it and its cousins simply 18/8. It may contain traces of ANYTHING. according how chemically pure the user requirements are. Other 300 series are 321, 316, 347, 301,etc. They are non or slightly magnetic. Chrome stainless, or 400 series, is magnetic and contains only iron and chrome. I buy and sell surplus stainless and nickel alloys. There are thousands. It takes an x ray fluorescence device like a Niton to properly sort all the alloys. Remember, like prescription drugs and vitamins, not all manufacturers produce a chemically uniform product. Only the metal items from the same "heat" will be the same. ----- Original Message ----- From: "HRBE" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 10:47 PM Subject: Re: CS>Staniless steel...watch out.
> Hang on, isn't pure stainles steel is NON-MAGNETIC, or am I wrong? > John in Australia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan Clough" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 2:01 PM > Subject: Re: CS>Staniless steel...watch out. > > > > You may want to re-think stainless steel. A recent article > > by Dr. Mercola reports that Nickel and other metals found > > in SS can be very harmful. He was suggesting ceramic coated > > metal as the best material to cook in. He went on to say > > that if you get SS pots try to get the ones that are still > > magnetic as they do not contain as much Nickel. > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
