Why Does Stainless Steel "Rust"?
I thought it weird. My knives rusted in the USA but they don't rust down here -- even in a salt air environment. It ain't the chili... Turns out the culprit is Chlorine. Even as little chlori...
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Some nefarious scoundrel stole a 15 pound box of K-monel bolts and nuts I used on battery terminals. I bought them on a bid when a shipyard closed in The San Francisco area. That is one alloy that simply is "almost everything proof". Including boiling hot sulfuric acid. I hope he choked, mutter, mutter...
Yes, monel is everything proof, especially cutting. When younger, my first job in an NC machining center were some 6" diameter monel flapper valve bodies for an aircraft fire suppression system. Nothing dulled/burned/broke carbide tipped mills, drills, taps, reamers, boring bars, etc. faster than monel. I hated it. Even the chips were nasty. I'll guarantee you, those bolts were very expensive at the original selling price.
Chum lee
