430 Stainless steel is magnetic, while 304 Stainless steel is slightly magnetic, and 316 stainless is non-magnetic. Valley manufactures stainless steel wafers in size ranges from 1″, 2″, 3″, 100mm, 125mm, 150mm, 200mm, 300mm up to 450mm diameters. Custom diameters and other geometries are also available. Typical wafer thicknesses are 0.005″ (125µm), 0.010″ (250µm), 0.015″ (375µm), 0.020″ (500µm), 0.025″ (625µm) and 0.040″ (1mm). Valley can also thin and polish to custom thicknesses.
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