ʻO ke kila Corten kahi kila kila i loaʻa nā kī ʻekolu mau mea nickel, keleawe a me chromium, a ʻo ka mea maʻamau he ʻano kalapona i emi iho ma mua o 0.3% ma ke kaumaha. ʻO kona kala ʻalani ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi ma muli o ka ʻike keleawe, i uhi ʻia i ka wā lōʻihi me kahi papa pale keleawe-'ōmaʻomaʻo e pale ai i ka corrosion.
● ʻO ke kila Corten kekahi kila haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, akā he haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ka ikaika tensile, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi, a maʻalahi ke hana ʻana; Hiki i ka carburizing ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ka paʻakikī o ka ʻili. He kūpono maikaʻi ke kila Corten a me ke kūpaʻa wela kiʻekiʻe a me ke kūpaʻa corrosion (hiki ke kapa ʻia ʻo "ke kila corrosion atmospheric").
● Loaʻa iā lākou a pau ka leo ʻeleʻele like me ke kila māmā. E hoʻomaka ana ke kila māmā i ka ʻeleʻele iki, ʻoiai ʻo ke kila corten e ʻano metala a ʻālohilohi.
● ʻAʻole like me ke kila kila, ʻaʻole ia e rust loa, corten steel oxidizes wale nō ma luna o ka ʻili a ʻaʻole e komo hohonu i loko o ka loko, loaʻa nā waiwai corrosion e like me ke keleawe a me ka alumini; ʻAʻole paʻa ke kila kila e like me ke kila corten, ʻoiai hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻāpana kila kila kūʻokoʻa no nā noi maʻamau. ʻAʻole ʻokoʻa kona ʻili e like me ke kila corten.
● Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā kila ʻē aʻe, pono liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻole mālama ʻia ke kila corten. He keleawe kona helehelena a he nani nō hoʻi.
Corten kila kumu kūʻai mea e pili ana i ekolu manawa o ka maʻamau haʻahaʻa kalapona kila pā, akā, ia hope mālama koina mea haʻahaʻa, a me kona lole kū'ē mea kiʻekiʻe, i loko o ka metala ili e hana i ka papa o ka pouli brown oxide uhi e pale aku i ka ua, hau, hau, ʻO ka noe a me nā kūlana ʻē aʻe o ka hopena corrosion, hiki iā ia ke keʻakeʻa i ke komo hohonu ʻana, a laila e hoʻopau i ka pena a me nā makahiki o ka pono o ka mālama pale pale.