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The Skinny on SS Tubes

I was just given a stainless steel water bottle for Christmas and told to throw out my inferior pile of plastic and aluminum water bottles that I had grown accustomed to buying and

SS tubes, like “Dick”, “Nick” and “Sue”, is a shortened version for stainless steel tubes, a type of hollow, cylindrical tool used to transport fluids and gases from one end of the house, factory or state to another. It is a preferred type of metal for its tensile strength, resistance to corrosive elements and extreme temperatures, durability and attractive sheen. It is not only used for many applications in a in a variety of industries, but also in many appliances and products found within homes and businesses.

Stainless steel is considered one of the most common metal alloys used and contains iron, carbon, chromium, as well as various other metallic elements, depending on the specific grade. Chromium is the primary ingredient and is what gives SS tubes its strength and resistance to wear-and-tear. Additionally, stainless steel tubes are particularly good at being cleaned and sanitized, something that becomes important when considering what kind of water bottle you want to drink from. Water bottles, tubes, pipes, auto parts, structural support, a whole warehouse full of kitchen appliances, medical and dental tools, fancy knives that cut like a dime, athletic, military and construction equipment, sculptures, art installations and monuments– the list goes not, and not just with stainless steel, but more specifically with stainless steel tubing. Stainless steel tubing, i.e. SS tubes, keep this world functioning, keep the materials we survive on moving to the places we need them to go and help us do so safely and soundly.