Inox, chromium plated steel, rostfrei, stainless steel (DE: Rostfreier Stahl ‒ rustless steel)
(EN: INOX – inoxidizing, which means preventing oxidation, rusting or rotting),
is steel alloyed primarily with chromium and nickel. In 1913,
while working on a project to improve gun pipes, the English metallurgist Harry Brearly accidentally
discovered that adding chromium to low carbon steel made it resistant to damage and corrosion
.
INOX is modern and attractive, hygienic and easy to clean, corrosion-resistant, durable,
good for maintenance, suitable for production and eventually positively oriented towards nature
conservation because it is completely recyclable.
Nowadays, stainless steel is widely used because of its anti-corrosive and non-magnetic properties,
thus it is used in construction, food and chemical industry, furniture industry, medicine
and even the production of jewellery.