VANAGON archives -- November 2005, week 4 (#38)

Date:         Tue, 22 Nov 2005 21:19:27 -0500
Reply-To:     The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
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From:         The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Exhaust Pipe Rust Prevention
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> A quick check for "crap" stainless is put a magnet on it.

> ALL stainless steel is iron. Steels (stainless included) are
> alloys based on iron, with various other metals and
> nonmetallic elements added, including nickel (which is also
> magnetic, by the way). Thr rusting stainless I have seen was
> nonmagnetic.


Actually, the stainless steel most commonly used for exhaust parts is 409
stainless, which is magnetic.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  www.busdepot.com
  (215)  234-VWVW

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