This is a speculative question, but I was watching a science show that claimed stainless steel would eventually corrode away. I don’t really buy this based on how I see some things I own holding up despite rigorous use.
So hypothetically if our society collapses and everything gets buried, will stainless steel artifacts survive and for how long?
This is about Joseph Henry Green who popular culture records his last words as, "It's stopped" but Wikipedia (yes, I know) says...
(H)e had an acute seizure on 1 November 1863, and died in
his house at Hadley on 13 December. According to his friend
Sir John Simon, his last words were "Stopped.", referring to
his own pulse.
Can you notice your own pulse stopping?
