Hiki ke pili i ka kaulana o Corten i kona ikaika, lōʻihi, kūpono, a me ka hoʻopiʻi nani. Ma waho aʻe o kona ikaika kiʻekiʻe, he kila haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa loa ke kila corten. No ka mea, pale ʻo Coreten i nā hopena ʻino o ka ua, ka hau, ka hau, ka noe, a me nā ʻano meteorological ʻē aʻe ma o ka hana ʻana i kahi uhi oxidizing ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele ma luna o ka metala, no laila ke keʻakeʻa nei i ke komo hohonu ʻana a hoʻopau i ka pono o ka pena a me ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻōpala i nā makahiki. ʻO ka'ōlelo maʻalahi, nā'ōpala kila, a me ka'ōpala e hana i kahi pale pale

Ke pale nei ke kila Corten i nā hopena ʻino o ka ua, ka hau, ka hau, ka noe, a me nā kūlana ʻē aʻe ma o ka hana ʻana i kahi uhi hoʻoheheʻe ʻeleʻele ma ka ʻili metala. ʻO ke kila Corten kahi ʻano kila me ka phosphorus, keleawe, chromium, nickel a me molybdenum. Hoʻomaikaʻi kēia mau alloys i ke kūpaʻa ʻino o ka lewa o ke kila ma ka hana ʻana i kahi papa pale ma luna o kona ʻili.

ʻAʻole ʻeleʻele ke kila Corten. Ma muli o kona hoʻohui kemika, hōʻike ʻo ia i ke kūpaʻa kiʻekiʻe i ka corrosion o ka lewa ma mua o ke kila māmā. E ʻōpala ka ʻili o ke kila, a lilo ia i mea pale i kapa ʻia ʻo "patina."

ʻO ke kila Corten kahi ʻohana o nā kila māmā i loaʻa nā mea hoʻohuihui hou i hui pū ʻia me ke kalapona a me ka hao. Akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia mau mea hoʻohui i ke kila a ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka corrosion ma mua o nā māka kila māmā. No laila, hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ke kila corten i nā noi waho a i ʻole i nā wahi kahi e maʻa mau ai ke kila maʻamau.

ʻO ke kila Corten kahi kila kahi i hoʻohui ʻia ai ka phosphorus, keleawe, chromium a me nickel molybdenum. Hoʻomaikaʻi kēia mau mea hoʻohui i ke kūpaʻa corrosion o ke kila Corten ma ka hana ʻana i kahi papa pale ma ka ʻili. Hāʻule ia i loko o ka ʻāpana o ka hōʻemi ʻana a i ʻole ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pena, nā primers a i ʻole nā ​​​​pena i nā mea e pale ai i ka pala. Ke hōʻike ʻia i ke kaiapuni, hoʻomohala ke kila i kahi ʻāpana keleawe-'ōmaʻomaʻo e pale i ke kila mai ka ʻino. ʻO ia ke kumu i kapa ʻia ai kēia kila corten steel.

Ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka makahiki 1930, ua ʻike nā mea hana kaʻa lanahu i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o kekahi mau mea kila i ka ʻōpala i ka wā e ʻike ʻia ai kēia mau mea, ʻaʻole ia e ʻino i ke kila, akā e pale ai. -ʻO ka'ōniʻoniʻo o kēia mau mea hoʻohui i lilo koke i mea kaulana loa i waena o nā mea kākau a hoʻomau a hiki i kēia lā.