Stainless strings vs Nickle

Ken Metcalf · From: San Antonio Texas USA

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Metal components react to each other over time because of their differences and help break down string integrity. A stronger metal will always attack a softer metal (this is why a stainless-steel string will wear a groove or burr in a vintage-style saddle).

This is a quote from a Fender page and I notice that older pedal steels seem to have harder steel in the changer and not develop grooves.
Is this true that stainless is more abrasive or corrosive ??
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Dave Mudgett · From: Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee

I don't see anything in that quote about corrosive, which I generally think about as a chemical reaction. But stainless steel is a pretty hard metal, nickel is relatively soft.

Stainless steel is an alloy, and most "nickel" guitar strings (except those labeled as pure nickel wrap) are also an alloy that is not as soft as pure nickel. But still, I believe the winding in stainless-wound strings is generally quite a bit harder than the alloy in nickel-wound strings. Thus, a stainless-wound string is generally more abrasive rubbing up against something than a comparable nickel-wound string is. At least, that's my experience.

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