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Looking at the one on my desk, the valve stem is stainless steel, the threaded rod that pulls the valve closed is brass, and i'm not sure what the twiddly nut is made from (shiny silver colour, but softer than the stem). Contact between dissimilar metals in the presence of salty water can cause galvanic corrosion.