Guest Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 I was wondering if all stainless steel pans are equal. I've noticed that quite a lot of stainless steel pans have a fraction on them, for example 18/10. What does this mean? Is it pure stainless steel? Carolyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 I just wanted to bump this up to see if anyone knew the answer to this question. Carolyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quan_daniel Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 Carolyn, http://www.kitchenfantasy.com/shopping_cart/stainless.htm The 18/10 refers to the proportion of chromium to nickel in the stainless steel alloy. To be classified as stainless steel, an iron base alloy must contain at least 10.5 % of chromium. The presence of chromium enables the steel to form an invisible layer of oxide that protects it against corrosion. I bought one that has a copper bottom to conduct heat better. Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 I have an old cast iron pot that we cook just about everything in for our son. It weighs a ton and is not always easy to clean but Fe is suppose to be low in our kids anyway so I figure that would be the best thing to cook in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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