Intsimbi ye-Corten yintsimbi apho i-phosphorus, ubhedu, i-chromium kunye ne-nickel molybdenum yongezwe. Ezi ngxubevange ziphucula ukuxhathisa kwe-atmospheric corrosion of Corten steel ngokwenza umaleko okhuselayo phezu komhlaba. Iwela kwicandelo lokunciphisa okanye lokuphelisa ukusetyenziswa kweepeyinti, ii-primers okanye iipeyinti kwizinto zokuthintela ukugqwala. Xa ibonakaliswe kwimo engqongileyo, intsimbi ivelisa umaleko owenziwe ngobhedu-oluhlaza ukukhusela intsimbi ekudlekeni. Yiyo loo nto le ntsimbi ibizwa ngokuba yi-corten steel.
Kwindawo efanelekileyo, intsimbi ye-corten iya kwenza i-adherent, i-rust ekhuselayo "i-slurry" evimbela ukubola okuqhubekayo. Izinga lokubola liphantsi kangangokuba iibhulorho ezakhiwe kwintsimbi ye-corten engapeyintwanga zinokufikelela kubomi boyilo lweminyaka eyi-120 kunye nokugcinwa kwegama kuphela.
Intsimbi yeCorten inexabiso eliphantsi lokugcinwa, ubomi benkonzo ende, ukusebenza okunamandla, ukumelana nobushushu kunye nokungaginywa kokugqwala. Ngokungafaniyo nentsimbi engatyiwayo, ayivuthi kwaphela. Intsimbi yemozulu ine-oxidation yomhlaba kuphela kwaye ayingeni nzulu ngaphakathi. Ineempawu ezichasayo zobhedu okanye i-aluminiyam. Ngokuhamba kwexesha, igqunywe ngepatina enemibala echasene nomhlwa; i-grill yangaphandle eyenziwe nge-corten steel intle, iqinile, kwaye ifuna ukulungiswa okuncinci.