ʻO ke kila Corten he kila kila. Ma hope o kekahi mau makahiki o ka wehe ʻana i waho, hiki ke hoʻokumu ʻia kahi papa ʻōpala ma luna o ka ʻili, no laila ʻaʻole pono ke pena ʻia no ka pale. ʻO ka inoa kaulana loa o ke kila weathering ʻo "cor-ten", ʻo ia ka pōkole o ka "corrosion resistance" a me "tensile strength", no laila ua kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo "Corten steel" ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania. ʻAʻole like me ke kila kuhiliʻole, hiki ke hoʻopau ʻole ʻia, ʻo ke kila weathering wale nō ka oxidizes ma ka ʻili a ʻaʻole komo i loko o ka loko, no laila he kiʻekiʻe anti-corrosion waiwai.
Manaʻo ʻia ke kila Corten he mea "ola" ma muli o kāna kaʻina unipue maturation/oxidation. E loli ana ka malu a me ka leo i ka manawa, ma muli o ke ʻano o ka mea, kahi i hoʻokomo ʻia ai, a me ka pōʻaiapuni o ka wā e hele ai ka huahana. ʻO ka manawa paʻa mai ka oxidation a hiki i ke oʻo ʻana he 12-18 mau mahina. ʻAʻole komo ka hopena o ka ʻōpala kūloko i ka mea, no laila e hana maoli ke kila i kahi pale pale e pale ai i ka corrosion.
ʻAʻole ʻeleʻele ke kila Corten. Ma muli o kona ʻano kemika, hōʻike ʻo ia i ke kūpaʻa kiʻekiʻe i ka ʻino o ka lewa ma mua o ke kila māmā. ʻO kaʻili o ke kila e'ōpala, e hana i kahi pale pale i kapaʻiaʻo "patina."
Hoʻopuka ʻia ka hopena corrosion inhibition o verdigris e ka hāʻawi kikoʻī a me ka neʻe ʻana o kāna mau mea hoʻohui. Mālama ʻia kēia ʻāpana pale e like me ka hoʻomau ʻana o ka patina e hoʻomohala a hoʻōla hou i ka wā e ʻike ʻia i ka wā. No laila hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia no ka manawa lōʻihi me ka maʻalahi ʻole o ka pōʻino.