Stainless steel surface coatings has also influenced its use in commercial kitchens and food processing plants. Stainless steels do not suffer uniform corrosion, like carbon steel, when exposed to wet environments. Unprotected carbon steel rusts readily when exposed to the combination of air and moisture. The resulting iron oxide surface layer (the rust) is porous and fragile. Since iron oxide occupies a larger volume than the original steel this layer expands and tends to flake and fall away exposing the underlying steel to further attack. In comparison, stainless steels contain sufficient chromium to undergo passivation, spontaneously forming a microscopically thin inert surface
The Stainless Steel Rat Law of Robotics", which featured the Stainless Steel Rat in the setting of Isaac Asimov's "Robot" series. "The Return of the Stainless Steel Rat", a board game inspired by the character, was published by SPI in their magazine "Ares" in the late 1970s. Designed by Greg Costikyan, the game involved the Rat infiltrating a space station under hostile control. Angelina diGriz is a criminal mastermind much like the Rat, only less ethical and more willing to kill. As the Rat's first case for the Special Corps, he tracks Angelina down and ends up falling in love with her. After her