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What is the minimum percent of chromium is needed to make stainless steel?(a) 2%(b) 20%(c) 1%(d) 11%This question was posed to me during an interview.This is a very interesting question from Eight Forms in section Eight Forms of Corrosion of Corrosion Engineering

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The correct option is (d) 11%

For explanation I WOULD SAY: Stainless STEEL is a family of iron-based alloys that contain a minimum of 11% chromium. Chromium IMPARTS corrosive RESISTANCE to steel. There are 4 types of stainless steel.

They are i. Austenitic stainless steels

ii. Martensitic stainless steels

iii. Ferritic stainless steels

iv. Duplex stainless steels



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