E-United States ngawo-1930, abakhiqizi bezinqola zamalahle baqaphela ukuthi ingxube yensimbi ethile yakha ungqimba lokugqwala, okuthi lapho ubhekene nalezi zakhi, lungagqwali insimbi, kodwa luyivikele.
I-sheen ehlala isikhathi eside, esemhlabeni, e-orange-brown yalawa ma-alloys ngokushesha yathandwa kakhulu phakathi kwabakhi bezakhiwo futhi isaqhubeka nanamuhla.
Insimbi ye-Corten iyingxube yensimbi nama-alloys ehluka ngokuya ngebanga le-corten steel. Ingabe insimbi ene-phosphorus eyengeziwe, ithusi, i-chromium ne-nickel-molybdenum.Ngaphambi kokuchayeka kuzakhi indawo yayo empunga efiphele, emnyama ingase iphakamise ukuthi umkhiqizo ongalungile uhlinzekiwe, kodwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi izokwakha i-patina .
Njengoba kushiwo ngaphambili, insimbi ye-Corten iyinsimbi ekwazi ukumelana nesimo sezulu engase futhi ibizwe nge-‘Atmospheric Corrosion Resistant Steel’, futhi izakhi zayo ezihlanganisa ithusi ne-chromium ezinikeza leli zinga lokumelana komoya.
Insimbi ye-Corten ayifanele nje kuphela ubuhle, kodwa futhi ifanelekile ngokusebenza: ihlala isikhathi eside, imelana nesimo sezulu futhi imelana nokushisa.Ama-Coretn steel grills angashisa, abheme, futhi anambise ukudla kwakho ku-1,000°F (559°C). Lokhu kushisa kuzosheshisa i-steak futhi kuvale umhluzi. Futhi ukusebenza kwayo nokuhlala isikhathi eside akubuzwa.Ngenxa yokumelana nokushisa okuphezulu, insimbi yesimo sezulu ingasetshenziselwa izoso zangaphandle noma izitofu.