ʻO ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana ʻo ia ka mea e hana ʻole nei me Weathering Steel. Ma muli o kāna hana kemika e hōʻike ana i ka piʻi ʻana o ke kūʻē ʻana i ka corrosion o ka lewa i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ke kila māmā.
ʻO ke kila Corten i kekahi manawa i kapa ʻia ʻo ke kila haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ikaika kiʻekiʻe, ʻo ia hoʻi ke ʻano o ke kila maʻalahi i hana ʻia e hana i kahi papa oxide paʻa paʻa e hāʻawi i ka pale kūpono. He kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻoniʻoni ʻoniʻoni ʻoniʻoni hao ma luna o ka ʻili, kahi e hana ai e like me ka uhi ʻana i ka ʻeleʻele hou aʻe.
Hana ʻia kēia oxide ma ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā mea hoʻohui e like me ke keleawe, chromium, nickel a me ka phosphorus, a ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka patina i loaʻa ma ka hao i uhi ʻole ʻia i ʻike ʻia i ka lewa.
◉Pono ke kila ʻo Corten i nā pōʻai o ka pulu a me ka maloʻo.
◉ Pono e pale ʻia ka ʻike ʻana i nā ion chloride, no ka mea e pale aku nā ion chloride i ke kila mai ka pale pono ʻana a alakaʻi i nā helu ʻino ʻole.
◉Inā pulu mau ka ʻili, ʻaʻohe papa pale e hana ʻia.
◉Ma muli o nā kūlana, hiki i kekahi mau makahiki ke hoʻomohala i kahi patina paʻa a paʻa ma mua o ka hoʻemi ʻia ʻana o ka ʻino i ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa.
Ma muli o ke kūpaʻa maikaʻi o ka corten steel ponoʻī, ma lalo o nā kūlana kūpono, hiki i ke ola lawelawe o nā mea i hana ʻia me ke kila corten hiki ke hiki i nā makahiki a i ʻole hoʻokahi haneli mau makahiki.