Ukugrusa kude yeyona nto ingenzekiyo ngeWeathering Steel. Ngenxa yobume bayo beekhemikhali ibonisa ukuxhathisa okongeziweyo kwi-atmospheric corrosion xa kuthelekiswa nentsimbi ethambileyo.
Intsimbi ye-Corten ngamanye amaxesha ibizwa ngokuba yi-high-high-high-alloy low-alloy steel, nayo luhlobo lwensimbi epholileyo equlunqwe ukuvelisa i-dense, i-stable oxide layer enika ukhuseleko olwaneleyo. Yona ngokwayo yenza ifilimu ecekethekileyo ye-iron oxide kumphezulu, esebenza njengento yokugquma ngokuchasene nokurusa okungaphezulu.
Le oxide iveliswa ngokudibanisa izinto ezixutyiweyo ezifana nobhedu, ichromium, i-nickel kunye ne-phosphorus, kwaye ithelekiseka nepatina efunyenwe kwintsimbi engafakwanga etyhidiweyo evezwe emoyeni.
◉Intsimbi yeCorten kufuneka ingene kwimijikelo yokumanzisa nokomisa.
◉Ukutyhileka kwii-ion zekloride kufuneka kuphetshwe, njengoko i-ion yekloridi ithintela intsimbi ekukhuselweni ngokufanelekileyo kwaye ikhokelele kumazinga angamkelekanga okubola.
◉Ukuba umphezulu uhlala umanzi, akukho maleko akhuselayo aya kwenza.
◉Ngokuxhomekeke kwiimeko, kungathatha iminyaka eliqela ukuphuhlisa ipatina exineneyo nezizinzileyo phambi kokuba umhlwa ongaphezulu uthotywe ube ngaphantsi.
Ngenxa yokumelana okuphezulu kwe-corrosion ye-corten steel ngokwayo, phantsi kweemeko ezifanelekileyo, ubomi benkonzo yezinto ezenziwe nge-corten steel zingafikelela kumashumi eminyaka okanye nakwikhulu leminyaka.