What is mirror polished Stainless Steel?
The material we know as stainless steel (also commonly referred to as “Inox” or “Rostfrei”) is such a common feature of 21st century living that there can be few of us who have not seen or handled articles made from it. But how many of us really know what stainless steel is? Like all types of steel, stainless steel is not a single metal but an alloy that is a material made from two or more separate elements alloyed or “melted” together. What all steels have in common is that their major “ingredient” (alloying element) is the metal iron, to which a small amount of carbon has been added. Stainless steel was invented early in the 20th century when it was discovered that a certain amount of the metal chromium (usually a minimum of 11 per cent) added to ordinary steel gave it a bright shiny gloss and made it highly resistant to tarnishing and rusting. This rust-resisting property which we call “corrosion resistance” is what sets stainless steel apart from most other forms of steel. Once man
