Pickling

Pickling steel is a process intended to dissolve heavy oxides and contaminates, and remove the effects that real-world handling has on the surface of stainless steel. The real-world fabrication, welding and handling of stainless steel components will leave surface contaminates. These contaminates, which may include weld oxides, scale and embedded particles, will hinder stainless steel’s natural ability to resist corrosion.

An acid-based solution referred to as pickle liquor is used to clean and remove scaling from the steel during the fabrication process.

Passivation vs. Pickling

Both pickling and passivation are intended to remove surface contaminates and improve the corrosion resistance of stainless steel. You can find out more about the differences between the pickling process and passivation here.

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