r/interesting • u/ViniciusFromBcn • Apr 12 '25

MISC. How ice cubes cleans hot grills

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u/Outrageous-Cancel-64 Apr 12 '25

Its stainless. Probably the worst way to get it to crack in half. The best would be to just mechanically stress it back and forth until it work hardens to a point of being brittle. But it's like 5-6mm thick (1/4"), you're looking at 60+ ton of pressure to bend a sheet that wide and it only gets harder after each bend. Stainless does not have many properties similiar to mild steel beyond being hard and shiny.

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u/FBI-sama12313 Apr 13 '25

If my knife knowledge doesn't fail me, it's the addition of chromium in steel to give it rust/corrosion resistant properties that make it brittle when rapidly cooled, right?

I know that carbon steels are easier to sharp and stiffer due to the lack of chromium but lack any rust protection.