brokedownpalace10
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Being a pothead in the 70's, quite a few pipes were made of brass. Everyone said to stay away from copper, but brass was common. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, but when you alloy a metal you essentially create a new material with different properties.
I worked as a machinist for over 30 years, other metal fabrication, etc., for the rest of my years. I worked with welders and did some welding myself. I never heard of stainless "burning your nostrils out". Regardless, taking a metal to the point of melting (at the point of welding) involves much greater heat and more outgassing. Stainless starts melting at 2,500F and combustion temp in a pipe is around 1000F.
I worked as a machinist for over 30 years, other metal fabrication, etc., for the rest of my years. I worked with welders and did some welding myself. I never heard of stainless "burning your nostrils out". Regardless, taking a metal to the point of melting (at the point of welding) involves much greater heat and more outgassing. Stainless starts melting at 2,500F and combustion temp in a pipe is around 1000F.
