Stainless steel can self-heal a bit (en.wikipedia.org)

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[-] meekah@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The way I understand it is that the surface layer that forms out of the chromium that protects the steel from oxidization can self heal. It's not that stainless steel is like roman concrete that can self heal cracks.

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