Stainless Steel or Silver Steel

[Tom GullanParticipant @tomgullan59234]

Hello,

I recently bought a job lot of various mixed up metals including silver and stainless steel. I need a piece of silver steel for a job. Can anyone tell me how to tell the difference between silver steel and stainless steel?

Regards

Tom

 

Edited By Tom Gullan on 02/10/2014 08:20:09

[Tom GullanParticipant @tomgullan59234]

[David JuppParticipant @davidjupp51506]

A couple of things that might help, though neither is a guarantee on its own.

1. The more common stainless steels are either non magnetic, or only very slightly magnetic. Silver steel is magnetic. Check if attracted to a magnet. Magnetic stainless steels do exist though.

2. Silver steel is typically supplied ground very precisely to nominal size, and commonly in 13" lengths – a close look at surface finish and checking size may be enough to separate the two materials.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Same question from last month to save getting the same answers

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