EUnited States ngeminyaka yee-1930, abavelisi beenqwelo zamalahle baphawula ukuba iintsimbi ezithile ezixutywe nentsimbi zenza umaleko womhlwa othi, xa ubekwe kwezi zinto, ungonakalisi intsimbi, kodwa wawukhusela.
I-sheen ehlala ixesha elide, i-earthy, i-orenji-brown-brown yala ma-alloys ngokukhawuleza yathandwa kakhulu phakathi kwabakhi bezakhiwo kwaye iyaqhubeka nanamhla.
Intsimbi ye-Corten ngumxube wentsimbi kunye ne-alloys eyahluka ngokomgangatho we-corten steel. Ngaba intsimbi ene-phosphorus eyongeziweyo, ubhedu, i-chromium kunye ne-nickel-molybdenum.Ngaphambi kokuvezwa kwizinto ezibuthuntu, umphezulu omnyama ongwevu unokucebisa ukuba imveliso engalunganga inikezelwe, kodwa ekuhambeni kwexesha iya kuphuhlisa i-patina ukuba .
Njengoko bekutshiwo ngaphambili, intsimbi yeCorten yintsimbi ekwaziyo ukumelana nemozulu enokuthi ikwabizwe ngokuba yi‘Atmospheric Corrosion Resistant Steel’, kwaye zizinto zayo ezidibanisa ubhedu kunye nechromium ezibonelela ngeli nqanaba lokumelana nomoya.
Intsimbi yeCorten ayifanelekanga kuphela ngobuhle, kodwa ikwasebenza ngokufanelekileyo: yomelele, ixhathise imozulu kwaye imelana nobushushu.Iintsimbi zeCoretn zentsimbi zinokutshisa, zitshaye, kwaye zinencasa ukutya kwakho kwi-1,000 ° F (559 ° C). Obu bushushu buya kukhawuleza bukramfe i-steak kwaye buvale i-gravy.Kwaye ukusebenza kwayo kunye nokuqina kwayo akuthandabuzeki. Ngenxa yokumelana nobushushu obuphezulu, intsimbi yemozulu ingasetyenziselwa i-barbecues okanye izitovu zangaphandle.