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Weathering steel

Weathering steel, often called corten steel (or its trademarked name, COR-TEN) is a group of steel alloys that form a stable external layer of rust that eliminates the need for painting. It was first introduced in 1933 by U.S. Steel Corporation.

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Weathering steel

Nodes106
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related to Use in contemporary art · 26
Weathering steel → Alamo, Angel, Barnett Newman, Bernard Venet, Broadcasting Tower, Broken Obelisk, Chicago Picasso, Corten, Daley Center Courthouse, Eduardo Chillida, Gateshead, Leeds, Leeds Beckett University, Love, Manhattan, Mauro Staccioli, North, Other, Pippa Hale, Ribbons
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Weathering steel → According, Atlanta, Bethlehem Steel Mayari-R, Collapse, Cornell University's, Corrosion, Ensuring, Fern Hollow Bridge, For, Hawaii's Aloha Stadium, Ithaca, NTSB, Omni Coliseum, Rainwater, The, This, Upstate New York, Uris Hall, Using, Weathering
related to External links · 12
Weathering steel → Colorado, Contains, KB, London, Note, Primer, Report, STRUCTURE, Texas Department, Transportation, TxDOT Bridges Archived, Wayback Machine
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Weathering steel → Because, Cor-Ten, In, The, United States Steel Corporation, US, USS
see also · 3
Weathering steel → Delhi, Dhar, Iron

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steel weathering cor-ten corrosion rust also use used material surface patina built protective strength name astm mpa ksi cars thick

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Eduardo Chillidainstance ofSculptors0.80text
Bernard Venetinstance ofSculptors0.80text
and Mauro Staccioli have created monumental works in Corten steel where the evolving patina is integral to the artwork’s meaning.Art historiansinstance ofSculptors0.80text
critics have highlighted this reinterpretation of rust as an aesthetic featureinstance ofSculptors0.80text
Jannis Kounellisinstance ofemphasized how artists0.80text
Giovanni Anselmo integrated oxidation-prone materials to underscore themes of changeinstance ofemphasized how artists0.80text
entropyinstance ofemphasized how artists0.80text
Leonardo Drewinstance ofArtists0.80text
Mark Dion use rusted elements to explore decayinstance ofArtists0.80text
memoryinstance ofArtists0.80text
and material cultureinstance ofArtists0.80text
while the industrial typologies of Berndinstance ofArtists0.80text

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