Chitsulo cha Corten ndi chitsulo chomwe phosphorous, mkuwa, chromium ndi nickel molybdenum zawonjezeredwa. Ma alloys awa amathandizira kukana kwa mlengalenga kwa chitsulo cha Corten popanga gawo loteteza pamwamba. Imagwera m'gulu lochepetsera kapena kuthetsa kugwiritsa ntchito utoto, zoyambira kapena utoto pazida zoteteza dzimbiri. Chitsulochi chikakumana ndi chilengedwe, chimapanga chinsalu chamkuwa chobiriwira kuti chiteteze chitsulo kuti chisawonongeke. Ndicho chifukwa chake chitsulochi chimatchedwa corten steel.
M'malo abwino, chitsulo cha corten chidzapanga dzimbiri, zoteteza "slurry" zomwe zimalepheretsa kuwononga kwina. Mitengo ya dzimbiri ndi yotsika kwambiri kotero kuti milatho yomangidwa kuchokera kuchitsulo chosapentidwa cha corten imatha kukhala ndi moyo wazaka 120 ndikungokonza mwadzina chabe.
Chitsulo cha Corten chili ndi mtengo wotsika wokonza, moyo wautali wautumiki, kutheka kwamphamvu, kukana kutentha komanso kukana dzimbiri. Mosiyana ndi chitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri, sichichita dzimbiri nkomwe. Chitsulo cha Weathering chimangokhala ndi okosijeni pamwamba ndipo sichimalowa mkati mkati. Ili ndi anti-corrosion properties ya mkuwa kapena aluminiyamu. Pakapita nthawi, imakutidwa ndi zokutira zotsutsana ndi dzimbiri zamtundu wa patina; Grill yakunja yopangidwa ndi chitsulo cha corten ndi yokongola, yokhazikika, ndipo imafuna kusamalidwa pang'ono.