Intsimbi yeCorten yintsimbi yealloyi equlethe izinto ezintathu eziphambili zenickel, ubhedu kunye nechromium, kwaye ngokuqhelekileyo inomxholo wekhabhoni ongaphantsi kwe-0.3% ngobunzima. Umbala wayo we-orenji okhanyayo ubangelwa ubukhulu becala kumxholo wobhedu, othe ngokuhamba kwexesha ugutyungelwe ngobhedu olukhuselayo oluluhlaza ukukhusela ukubola.
● Intsimbi yeCorten ikwayintsimbi enekhabhoni ephantsi, kodwa intsimbi enekhabhoni ephantsi inamandla aphantsi xa iqinile, ayinaxabiso eliphantsi, yaye kulula ukuyiseka; i-carburizing inokuphucula ubulukhuni bomphezulu. Intsimbi yeCorten inokusebenziseka kakuhle kunye nokumelana nobushushu obuphezulu kunye nokumelana nokugqwala (kunokuthiwa "yintsimbi ye-corrosion ye-atmospheric").
● Zonke zinethoni emdaka efanayo xa kuthelekiswa nentsimbi ephakathi. Intsimbi ethambileyo iya kuqala imnyama kancinci, ngelixa intsimbi ye-corten iya kuba yintsimbi kwaye ibengezele.
● Ngokungafani nensimbi engenasici, engagqwali kwaphela, intsimbi ye-corten i-oxidize kuphela phezu komhlaba kwaye ayifuni ukungena ngaphakathi ngaphakathi, ibe neempawu zokubola ezifana nobhedu okanye i-aluminium; Insimbi engenasici ayixhathisi njengentsimbi ye-corten, nangona i-alloys yentsimbi enganyangekiyo ingasetyenziselwa izicelo eziqhelekileyo. Umphezulu wayo awufani nofana nentsimbi ye-corten.
● Xa kuthelekiswa nezinye iintsimbi, intsimbi ye-corten ifuna ukulungiswa okuncinane kakhulu okanye ingabikho kwaphela. Inenkangeleko yobhedu yodwa kwaye ikwantle.
Ixabiso lentsimbi yeCorten limalunga nokuphindwe kathathu ipleyiti yentsimbi ephantsi yekhabhoni ephantsi, kodwa kamva iindleko zokugcinwa ziphantsi, kwaye ukuxhathisa ukunxiba kuphezulu, kumphezulu wesinyithi ukwenza umaleko omdaka omdaka weoksidi ukuxhathisa imvula, ikhephu, umkhenkce, inkungu kunye nezinye iimeko zemozulu zempembelelo yokubola, inokuthintela ukungena nzulu, ngaloo ndlela iphelisa ipeyinti kunye neminyaka yeemfuno zokukhusela zokukhusela umhlwa.