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Reaction b/w carbon and stainless steel
Why carbon steel tools can not be used on stainless steel ?
ASSAD F.
student - Peshawar, N.W.F.P, PAKISTAN
2004
They can be used, BUT, they will leave trace amounts of iron on the SS which will rust and that will gradually spread. So, though you can use it, it is not a good idea to use them.
James Watts
- Navarre, Florida
2004
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