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Nature 415, 743-744 (14 February 2002) | doi:10.1038/415743a
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Materials science: Beyond the kitchen sink
Roger C. Newman
Abstract
If you look closely, stainless steel is not actually 'stainless' — it does corrode. Corrosion is known to develop near sulphide impurities in the metal, but not, it seems, in the way we once thought.
Nowadays we hear so much about new or 'advanced' materials that we rarely reflect on the virtues of mature metals technology. A good example is stainless steel — 'stainless' because it is more resistant to rusting than ordinary steel.
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