Intsimbi yeCorten yintsimbi yealloyi. Emva kweminyaka eliqela yokuvezwa ngaphandle, umaleko oshinyeneyo womhlwa unokwakheka kumphezulu, ngoko akufuneki ukuba upeyintwe ukuze ukhuseleke. Elona gama liyaziwa kakhulu lentsimbi yemozulu yi "cor-ten", isifinyezo se "corrosion resistance" kunye "nokuqina kokuqina", ngoko ke kudla ngokuba yi "Corten steel" ngesiNgesi. Ngokungafaniyo nensimbi engenasici, enokuthi ingabi ne-rust-free, i-weathering steel i-oxidize kuphela phezu komhlaba kwaye ayingeni ngaphakathi ngaphakathi, ngoko ineempawu eziphezulu zokulwa nokubola.
Intsimbi ye-Corten ithathwa njenge "izinto eziphilayo" ngenxa yokuvuthwa kwayo okungafaniyo / nenkqubo ye-oxidation. Umthunzi kunye nethoni ziya kutshintsha ngokuhamba kwexesha, kuxhomekeke kwimilo yento, apho ifakwe khona, kunye nomjikelezo wemozulu imveliso ihamba ngayo. Ixesha elizinzileyo ukusuka kwi-oxidation ukuya ekuvuthweni ngokubanzi ziinyanga ezili-12-18. Isiphumo se-rust yendawo asiyi kungena kwizinto eziphathekayo, ukwenzela ukuba insimbi ngokwemvelo yenza umaleko wokukhusela ukuphepha ukubola.
Intsimbi yeCorten ayiyi kuhlwa. Ngenxa yokwakheka kweekhemikhali, ibonisa ukuxhathisa okuphezulu kwi-atmospheric corrosion kunentsimbi ethambileyo. Umphezulu wentsimbi uya kugqwala, wenze umaleko okhuselayo esiwubiza ngokuthi "patina."
Impembelelo ye-corrosion inhibition ye-verdigris iveliswa ngokusasazwa okuthe ngqo kunye nokugxininiswa kwezinto zayo zokudibanisa. Olu luhlu lokukhusela lugcinwa njengoko i-patina iqhubeka nokuphuhlisa kwaye ihlaziywa xa ibonakaliswe kwimozulu. Ngoko ke inokusetyenziswa ixesha elide ngaphandle kokonakala lula.