> A quick check for "crap" stainless is put a magnet on it.

> ALL stainless steel is iron. Steels (stainless included) are
> alloys based on iron, with various other metals and
> nonmetallic elements added, including nickel (which is also
> magnetic, by the way). Thr rusting stainless I have seen was
> nonmagnetic.

Actually, the stainless steel most commonly used for exhaust parts is 409
stainless, which is magnetic.

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