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Re:Hydrochloric Acid is more complicated than you think by bee_rider on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @09:05PM (#34156665)
What do the numbers mean?(slightly confused because your description of 316 makes it sound generally more badass than 304, but I can’t fit that in sequence with 430 being the worst).
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Re:Hydrochloric Acid is more complicated than you think by selectodude on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @12:02AM (#34157700)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAE_steel_grades#Stainless_ste...
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Re:Hydrochloric Acid is more complicated than you think by ilyt on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @04:44AM (#34159251)
soooo only the first digit in number matters ? rest look pretty randomly assigned
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Re:Hydrochloric Acid is more complicated than you think by zdragnar on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @10:14AM (#34161729)
The first is the category / blend of metals, the latter represent the amount of alloy metals.
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Re:Hydrochloric Acid is more complicated than you think by aj7 on Thursday December 29, 2022 @02:24PM (#34176734)
And more “badass” to machine than 304, too. Not for amateurs or flimsy machines.
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