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To: "Matthews, M D (Matt)" <matthmd@texaco.com>
Subject: stainless steel
From: Allen Nugent <A.Nugent@unsw.edu.au>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 12:10:44 +1000 (EST)
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
At 10:02 5/06/98 -0500, you wrote:

>Stainless is good stuff for what is meant for but it is not a cure for
>oxidation. It just reacts more slowly.

Also, the grade is important. "316" is most corrosion-resistant SS I am
familiar with, and "304" the least. There is a big difference in the
tolerance of these two grades to saline.

Allen Nugent
Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
University of New South Wales
Sydney  2052  Australia


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