The razor blade usually made of stainless steel or carbon steel; and these 2 different materials make the difference price on blades. What's the difference between carbon steel and stainless steel? Which one is more suitable for razor blade?
Carbon steel
Carbon steel is an iron carbon alloy with carbon content less than 2.11%. Carbon is added to iron to provide iron strength and increase the hardness of the alloy, but increasing the carbon content also makes the steel more brittle.
In general, carbon steel has the advantage of being harder than stainless steel and can remain sharp for a longer time. However, the main disadvantage of steel is that it is easy to rust。
Advantages: higher hardness than stainless steel. It is cheaper than stainless steel.
Disadvantages: The blade is easy to rust when in contact with moisture.
Stainless steel
Stainless steel with nickel and chromium is generally more expensive than carbon steel. Nickel and chromium additives are oxidized to form a protective coating on carbon steel to inhibit rust. The rust resistance of stainless steel can maintain the blade shape for a long time and is easy to maintain. The factory adopts the coating technology to make the blades more durable and sharp.
Advantages: corrosion resistance, not easy to rust
Disadvantages: the price is more expensive than that of carbon stee
Which material is more suitable for razor blade?
The blade produced by ordinary carbon steel is hard, but brittle and easy to break. And because the blades are usually put in to the damp conditions, but carbon steel is easy to rust, so we do not so suggest to this material.
The blade produced by stainless steel has good toughness and will not break. The blade produced by advanced technology will be sharper, more durable and less prone to rust.Therefore, most razor blades in the world are made of stainless steel.
Jiali razor blade adopts stainless steel imported from Sweden, which has better sharpness and hardness.
