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Stainless Steel Fun Fact

By September 25, 2016August 29th, 2019No Comments
On the 13th August 1913 Harry Brearley (from England) created a steel with 12.8% chromium and 0.24% carbon, argued to be the first ever stainless steel. The circumstances in which Brearley discovered stainless steel are covered in myth; some enchanted tales of Brearley recite him tossing his steel into the rubbish, only to notice later that the steel hadn’t rusted to the extent of its counterparts.

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