5. Stainless steels can be classified based on their crystalline structure. This includes Austenitic, ferritic, martensitic,

and duplex:austenitic stainless steel, such as 300- and 200-series stainless, are highly formable and do not work

harden. they are also non-magnetic in an annealed condition.ferritic stainless steels are magnetic and offer better

thermal conductivity than austenitic stainless. They cannot be hardened by heat treatment.

Martensitic stainless steel such as grade 416 and 420 can be hardened through multiple methods of aging or heat

treatments.duplex stainless steel, also known as austenitic-ferritic, are grades of stainless that are highly specialized

for improved corrosion resistance. duplex steels are typical in industrial and architectural structuring.