Ibyuma bya Corten nitsinda ryibyuma bivanze byateguwe kugirango birinde gushushanya no guteza imbere ingese isa ningese iyo ihuye nikirere kumyaka myinshi. Corten ni ibikoresho bikurura ubwiza, ikintu cyingenzi kiranga ni uko "ari muzima" - isubiza ibidukikije n'ibihe kandi ihinduka bikurikije. "Ingese" y'ibyuma bya corten ni urwego ruhamye rwa oxyde ikora iyo ihuye nikirere.
Icyamamare cya Corten gishobora guterwa n'imbaraga zacyo, kuramba, gufatika, no gushimisha ubwiza.Corten Steel ifite ibyiza byinshi, harimo kubungabunga no kubaho mubuzima bwa serivisi. Usibye imbaraga zayo nyinshi, ibyuma bya corten nicyuma cyo kubungabunga cyane. Kuberako Coreten Irwanya ingaruka zibora zimvura, shelegi, urubura, igihu, nibindi bihe byubumenyi bwikirere mugukora icyuma cyijimye cyijimye cyijimye hejuru yicyuma, bityo bikabuza kwinjira cyane kandi bikuraho gukenera irangi no kubungabunga ingese zihenze mumyaka. Muri make, ibyuma, ingese, ingese ikora igikingira kirinda umuvuduko wa ruswa.
Corten yikubye inshuro eshatu zihenze nkibisanzwe byoroheje byuma. Nyamara birasa nkaho ari shyashya, birashoboka rero ko atari igitekerezo kibi cyo kubona verisiyo kubyo wishyura, kuko isura irangiye ntizigaragaza mumyaka icumi cyangwa ibiri.
Nkicyuma fatizo, urupapuro rwa Corten rusa nigiciro cyibyuma nka zinc cyangwa umuringa. Ntabwo izigera ihangana nibisanzwe byambarwa nk'amatafari, ibiti no gutanga, ariko birashoboka ko byagereranywa n'amabuye cyangwa ikirahure.