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The Blood Type Diet Archives Volume 13
Magnet, No; Scratch Test
Posted By: Bill (B-)
Date: Wednesday, 26 January 2000, at 4:29 p.m.
In Response To: A magnet (sTeve)
Stainless steel is non-magnetic or only very weakly magnetic. I just tried a fairly strong refrigerator magnet on my stainless steel pots and felt no attraction.
However, aluminum is much softer than stainless steel. If you can easily make a deep scratch, one you can feel with a fingernail, on the bottom or edge of a pan with the point of a sharp knife, then it's almost certainly aluminum. You can feel the blade dig into aluminum; on steel, it will just slide. I just tried this, on both steel and aluminum.
Also, bare aluminum looks dull, like lead, but stainless steel has a metallic, mirror-like luster even when well worn. This is hard to describe. The scratch test is easier to interpret.
Finally, old aluminum pots tend to become pitted. Stainless steel never will.
Messages in This Thread
Barbara -- Tuesday, 25 January 2000, at 6:10 p.m.
- That tomato sauce is O-K!
^heidi^ (O) -- Tuesday, 25 January 2000, at 8:13 p.m.
- A magnet
sTeve -- Tuesday, 25 January 2000, at 7:33 p.m.
- Magnet, No; Scratch Test
Bill (B-) -- Wednesday, 26 January 2000, at 4:29 p.m.
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