NoXion604 t1_ixqyjxy wrote on November 25, 2022 at 5:03 PM

Reply to comment by rocketwidget in A Trejo Thanksgiving. by DinoRoman

Wait, stainless steel isn't ferromagnetic? Isn't that material just iron with some carbon and a pinch of other stuff in it? Would that really cause a substance which is still mostly iron to lose its attraction to magnets?

Are you sure it's not because the front is made of aluminium rather than steel?

rocketwidget t1_ixqzb4k wrote on November 25, 2022 at 5:09 PM

I'm not a physicist, but apparently if stainless steel has more than 2% nickel (for strength), it interferes with the iron's ability to be attracted to magnets?

https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-home/july-august-2007/q-my-magnets-donat-stick-to-my-new-stainless-steel-refrigerator-what-am-i-going-to-do-with-the-stuff-that-hung-on-my-old-one

I can experimentally confirm that magnets don't work on my fridge.