Corten simbi isimbi yakawedzerwa phosphorus, mhangura, chromium uye nickel molybdenum. Aya ma alloys anonatsiridza iyo yemhepo corrosion resistance yeCorten simbi nekugadzira danda rekudzivirira pamusoro. Inowira muchikamu chekudzikisa kana kubvisa kushandiswa kwependi, primers kana pendi pane zvinhu kudzivirira ngura. Kana yaiswa kune zvakatipoteredza, simbi inogadzira mhangura-yegirini chengeta-inoshanda layer kudzivirira simbi kubva mukuora. Ndosaka simbi iyi ichinzi corten steel.
Munzvimbo yakakodzera, corten simbi inoumba adherent, inodzivirira ngura "slurry" iyo inodzivisa kuwedzera kuora. Corrosion rates yakadzikira zvekuti mabhiriji akavakwa kubva kusimbi isina pendi yecorten anogona kuwana hupenyu hwekugadzira hwemakore 120 nekungogadziriswa kwezita chete.
Corten simbi ine mutengo wakaderera wekugadzirisa, hupenyu hurefu hwesevhisi, kuita kwakasimba, kudzivirira kupisa uye kushomeka kwemarara. Kusiyana nesimbi isina tsvina, haina ngura zvachose. Weathering simbi inongori nepamusoro oxidation uye haipindi zvakadzika mukati memukati. Iine anti-corrosion properties yemhangura kana aluminium. Nokufamba kwenguva, yakafukidzwa nepatina-yemavara anti-corrosion coating; grill yekunze yakagadzirwa nesimbi yekorten yakanaka, yakasimba, uye inoda kugadziriswa zvishoma.