To all those who claim that stainless steel doesn't rust, you need to be aware of several things. First as some people have pointed out, there are different grades of stainless steel and there ability to stand up to salt water varies. Additionally, ss is susceptible to a type of corrosion called chloride attack. Any solution that contains high levels of chlorides, is very corrosive to stainless. Sea water, contains over 20,000 ppm of salt (sodium chloride) dissolved in it. This is EXTREMELY corrosive and the corrosion that it causes, produces cracks along the crystal boundaries of the alloy. We NEVER use ss in situations where there are high levels of chlorides. Mild steel will work much better. On the ocean, where things get wet with salt water and there is a large amount of oxygen available, I would opt for a nickel, cadmium, or chrome plated metal. They will hold up to salt water. Steve Holtzman Advanced Chemical Technology, LLC Industrial Water Treatment www.actglobal.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Apr 11 2000 - 22:32:51 PDT
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