Corten simbi isimbi yealloy ine zvinhu zvitatu zvakakosha nickel, mhangura uye chromium, uye kazhinji ine kabhoni yemukati isingasviki 0.3% nehuremu. Ruvara rwayo rweorenji rwakareruka runonyanya kukonzerwa nemhangura yemukati, iyo nekufamba kwenguva yakafukidzwa nemhangura-yegirini inodzivirira layer yekudzivirira ngura.
● Corten simbi zvakare isimbi yakaderera-kabhoni, asi simbi yakaderera-kabhoni ine simba rakaderera, yakachipa, uye iri nyore kugadzira; carburizing inogona kuvandudza kuoma kwepamusoro. Corten simbi ine yakanaka practicability uye yakakwirira kupisa kupisa uye kushomeka kwekudzivirira (inogona kunzi "atmospheric corrosion steel").
● Vose vane inzwi rakafanana rebrown zvichienzaniswa nesimbi yakapfava. Simbi yakapfava inozotanga kusviba zvishoma, ukuwo corten simbi ichave yakaita simbi uye ichipenya.
● Kusiyana nesimbi isina tsvina, iyo isingasviki zvachose, corten steel oxidizes chete pamusoro pepamusoro uye haipindi mukati mukati memukati, ine zvinhu zvakafanana zvekuora semhangura kana aluminium; Simbi isina simbi haimirire senge corten simbi, kunyangwe inopokana nesimbi isina tsvina alloys inogona kushandiswa kune tsika kunyorera. Nzvimbo yaro haina kufanana neyesimbi yekorten.
● Kana ichienzaniswa nedzimwe simbi, simbi yekorten inoda zvishoma kana kusagadziriswa. Iine chitarisiko chebronze pachayo uye zvakare yakanaka.
Corten simbi mutengo ingangoita katatu yakajairika yakaderera kabhoni simbi ndiro, asi iyo gare gare mutengo wekugadzirisa wakaderera, uye kupfeka kwayo kuramba kwakakwira, munzvimbo yesimbi kuti iite musara werima dema oxide coating kudzivirira mvura, chando, chando, fog uye mamwe mamiriro ekunze ecorrosion effect, inogona kutadzisa kupinza kwakadzika, nekudaro ichibvisa pendi uye makore emari inodhura yekudzivirira kuchengetedza zvinodiwa.