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The AWS Handbook lists five categories of stainless steels: Austenitic (nonhardenable) steels (i.e. ... [Read More](https://blog.lucasmilhaupt.com/en-us/about/blog/torch-brazing-stainless-steel) Topics: [Automotive](https://blog.lucasmilhaupt.com/en-us/about/blog/tag/automotive), [Stainless Steel](https://blog.lucasmilhaupt.com/en-us/about/blog/tag/stainless-steel), [Torch](https://blog.lucasmilhaupt.com/en-us/about/blog/tag/torch) ## [Liquid Metal Embrittlement](https://blog.lucasmilhaupt.com/en-us/about/blog/liquid-metal-embrittlement) ***Posted by Lucas-Milhaupt Brazing Experts on Mar 6, 2014*** Liquid Metal Embrittlement Liquid Metal Embrittlement (LME) may occur in a brazing operation involving high-strength materials such as stainless steels, nickel alloys or age-hardened alloys, when the materials are stressed and come into contact with molten brazing filler metal. Many cases have been ... 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