When purchasing 201 or 304 stainless steel, many customers are most concerned about one question. What is the difference between 201 and 304 stainless steel? How can we avoid loading on the secondary and avoid using 201 to use 304 stainless steel? How to purchase appropriate stainless steel materials, the following is the Sales Department of Laiyuan Stainless Steel, let's answer one by one!
How to identify 304 and 201 stainless steel?
1. Look at the shine
Look at the 304 stainless steel plates and 201 stainless steel plates from a distance, the surface is the same gloss and sub light color. Use professionals to find out that the surface of 304 and 201 is slightly different.
2. Feel
If you look directly with the naked eye, the color of 304 is saturated and brighter, and the feel is very soft. At 201, it will be slightly dark, the color saturation is low, and the hand will feel a little rough.
3. Immersion water experiment
For the water experiment, the water stains on the surface of 304 are very easy to remove, and the 201 treatment is more laborious.
4. Machine
polishing machine Differentiated by polishing machine: When polishing 304 stainless steel plate, the spark is short and smaller; While the 201 is the complete opposite, the spark splashes and more. When using this method to distinguish, please maintain polishing and avoid accidents.
5. Pickled cream, look at the color.
Use stainless steel pickled cream to apply on 2 types of stainless steel plates. After 2 minutes, see the changes in the color of the stainless steel on the coating. The color is black at 201, and the color is white or unchanged at 304.
