Amabha ensimbi angenasici futhi kwesinye isikhathi abizwa ngokuthi imigoqo ekhanyayo noma imigoqo eqinile. Njengoba yenziwe ngensimbi engenacala equkethe i-chromium, lo mkhiqizo unokumelana kahle nokugqwala. Lawo mabanga anokuqukethwe okuphezulu kwe-alloy anenzuzo eyengeziwe yokumelana nokumelana kakhulu ne-acid, chlorine kanye ne-alkali. Lezi zindawo, ezihlanganiswe namandla endalo nokuphila isikhathi eside, zisize ukwenza imigoqo yensimbi engagqwali edume ezimbonini ezinjengezokuhamba, zokwakha, izimoto, kanye nama-petrochemicals.