Was talking to my daughter about how fridge magnets don’t work on our “stainless steel” fridge, because it is really plastic. Said in my day things were made of real wood and real metal. Now its all Chinese plastic.
A lot of good stainless has very low magnetic stick. You do realize that don’t you?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-dont-magnets-work-on/
Stainless steel is a metal created by alloying iron with one or more elements. In general, there are two types of stainless steels based on their physical properties:
Ferritic is generally ferromagnetic due to its high concentration of iron, which is combined with chromium, molybdenum, and silicon. Also, its fundamental atomic structure creates magnetization. Austenitic is usually not magnetic, because the iron is alloyed with nickel, manganese, carbon, and nitrogen.
Thomas Devine, a materials science and engineering professor at the University of California, Berkely explains the difference between these two types of stainless steel in greater depth. "Fundamentally, the reasons why ferritic stainless steels are ferromagnetic while austenitic stainless steels are not are quantum-mechanical in nature."
The most popular stainless steel has good forming properties, resists corrosion, and is strong. However, it is not magnetic because it is alloyed with nickel, manganese, carbon, and nitrogen (austenitic).
How about the chinese “brass” which will stick to a magnet?