What makes stainless steel stainless?

Subject: What makes stainless steel stainless?

Date: Sun Jan 3 22:58:20 1999
Posted by Tomasz Boniecki
Grade level: grad (science)
School: Loyola Unv. Chicago
City: Chicago State/Province: Il
Country: Usa
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 915425900.Ch

Message:


On related note: there is a type of steel that resists termal 
deformations (does not expand in heat). It is used for railroads 
that don't require joints. How does it work?

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