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FAQs - Stainless Steel


Properties of stainless steel include corrosion and stain resistance, high tensile strength, good formability, and aesthetic appeal. Because it's one of the most hygienic metals, two popular uses for stainless steel are devices and surfaces for the medical industry and food and beverage manufacturing. Online Metals makes buying stainless steel easy with online pricing and ordering and convenient delivery.

Some Stainless Steel alloys are magnetic while others are not. 300 series Stainless Steel is not magnetic or has very little magnetic properties, however, 400 series stainless steel along with 17-4 and 15-5 will be magnetic. (430 stainless sheet is the most commonly used magnetic stainless alloy)