Chitsulo cha Corten ndi banja lazitsulo zofatsa zomwe zimakhala ndi zinthu zina zowonjezera zosakanikirana ndi maatomu a carbon ndi iron. Koma ma alloying awa amapatsa chitsulo chanyengo kuti chikhale cholimba komanso kukana dzimbiri kuposa momwe chitsulo chocheperako chimakhalira. Chifukwa chake, chitsulo cha corten nthawi zambiri chimagwiritsidwa ntchito panja kapena m'malo omwe zitsulo wamba zimachita dzimbiri.
Idawonekera koyamba m'ma 1930s ndipo idagwiritsidwa ntchito makamaka pamagalimoto a malasha. Chitsulo cha Weathering (dzina lodziwika bwino la Corten, ndi chitsulo chanyengo) chimagwiritsidwabe ntchito kwambiri pazotengera chifukwa cha kulimba kwake. Ntchito zama engineering zomwe zidayamba chakumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1960 zidatengera mwayi wokhazikika wa Corten, ndipo sizinatenge nthawi kuti ntchito zomanga ziwonekere.
Makhalidwe a Corten amabwera chifukwa chowongolera mosamala zinthu zomwe zimawonjezeredwa kuchitsulo panthawi yopanga. Chitsulo chonse chopangidwa ndi njira yayikulu (mwa kuyankhula kwina, kuchokera ku chitsulo m'malo mwa zinyalala) chimapangidwa pamene chitsulo chimasungunuka mu ng'anjo yophulika ndikuchepetsedwa mu converter. Mpweya wa carbon umachepetsedwa ndipo chitsulo chotsatira (tsopano chitsulo) chimakhala chochepa kwambiri ndipo chimakhala ndi mphamvu zambiri kuposa kale.
Ambiri otsika aloyi zitsulo dzimbiri chifukwa kukhalapo kwa mpweya ndi chinyezi. Momwe izi zimachitikira mwachangu zimatengera kuchuluka kwa chinyezi, mpweya ndi zowononga mumlengalenga zomwe zimakumana ndi pamwamba. Ndi zitsulo zanyengo, pamene ndondomekoyi ikupita, dzimbiri la dzimbiri limapanga chotchinga chomwe chimalepheretsa kutuluka kwa zonyansa, chinyezi ndi mpweya. Izi zithandizanso kuchedwetsa dzimbiri pamlingo wina. Chigawo cha dzimbirichi chidzasiyananso ndi chitsulo pakapita nthawi. Monga mudzatha kumvetsetsa, uku kudzakhala kubwerezabwereza.