Ukugqwala yilokho kanye okungenzeki nge-Weathering Steel. Ngenxa yokwakheka kwayo kwamakhemikhali ikhombisa ukumelana nokugqwala komkhathi uma kuqhathaniswa nensimbi ethambile.
Insimbi ye-Corten ngezinye izikhathi ebizwa ngokuthi insimbi ene-alloy low-high-strength, iphinde ibe uhlobo lwensimbi ethambile eyakhiwe ukuze ikhiqize ungqimba lwe-oxide oluqinile, oluzinzile olunikeza ukuvikeleka okwanele. Lona ngokwalo lwakha ifilimu elincanyana le-iron oxide ngaphezulu, elisebenza njengesimbozo ngokumelene nokugqwala okuqhubekayo.
Le oxide ikhiqizwa ngokwengeza izakhi ze-alloying ezifana nethusi, i-chromium, i-nickel ne-phosphorus, futhi iqhathaniswa ne-patina etholakala kunsimbi engahlanganisiwe evezwe emkhathini.
◉Insimbi ye-Corten idinga ukwenza imijikelezo yokumanzisa nokomisa.
◉Ukuchayeka kuma-ion e-chloride kufanele kugwenywe, njengoba ama-ion e-chloride avimbela insimbi ukuthi ingavikeleki ngokwanele futhi iholela emazingeni okugqwala angamukeleki.
◉Uma indawo engaphezulu imanzi njalo, asikho isendlalelo esivikelayo esizokwakhiwa.
◉Ngokuya ngezimo, kungase kuthathe iminyaka embalwa ukwakha i-patina eminyene futhi ezinzile ngaphambi kokuba ukugqwala okwengeziwe kunciphe kube izinga eliphansi.
Ngenxa yokumelana nokugqwala okuphakeme kwe-corten steel ngokwayo, ngaphansi kwezimo ezinhle, impilo yesevisi yezinto ezenziwe nge-corten steel ingafinyelela amashumi eminyaka noma ngisho neminyaka eyikhulu.