Message #40212

[Fiveroosters aka clayandbrush]

Dear Joey,
to be precise (I like you know to be precise ) the correct name for the material of this bottle is steel. I don’t know what did you mean by saying that you had an example made of steel. I am not expert in metallurgy, but iron, although very common in nature, is not commercially available. The pure iron is quite soft for being a metal. The one that we see commonly, like for example that of this bottle, contain a small quantity of carbon and for that it becomes steel. Prone to rust. By adding other metals like Chrome for example, it is rust free and becomes stainless steel.
I don’t know if it is the same in English, but here in Italy people commonly call “iron” the steel and call “steel” the stainless steel. But the correct names are the latest  ones. Did you perhaps had a stainless steel bottle?
Dear Marcos, a really interesting bottle. It will be interesting to look at its inside as suggested by Tom. I use a small LED for that.
Kind regards
Giovanni