Just what Stainless Steel/s are being used on our cliffs?
Austinetic, Ferretic, Martensitic, Precipitation Hardening and Duplex are the main areas heading up this alloy.
Intergranular corrosion was an issue in the day of oxy acetylene welding. T.I.G. welding may have sent that one to bed. However the question is. "Are suitable stainless steels are being used?" "Where is it being sourced from?" and , being fixtures (nuts and bolts), is there an ID on EACH unit, that shows a STANDARD, like all the bit on our racks. Anyway, go to to following link, if you want to immerse yourself in the world of metalergy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainless_steel#Stress_corrosion_cracking
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