Ipleyiti yentsimbi engatyiwa ligama eliqhelekileyo lepleyiti yentsimbi engatyiwayo kunye nepleyiti yentsimbi ekwaziyo ukumelana neasidi. Ukuphuma ekuqaleni kwale nkulungwane, ukuphuhliswa kwepleyiti yensimbi engenasici iye yabeka izinto ezibalulekileyo kunye nesiseko sobuchwepheshe kuphuhliso lwamashishini anamhlanje kunye nenkqubela phambili yesayensi kunye nezobuchwepheshe. Kukho iintlobo ezininzi zeepleyiti zensimbi ezingenasici ezineempawu ezahlukeneyo, kwaye ngokuthe ngcembe zenze iindidi ezininzi kwinkqubo yophuhliso. Ngokwesakhiwo, yahlulwe yangamacandelo amane: ipleyiti yentsimbi ye-austenitic, ipleyiti yentsimbi ye-martensitic (kubandakanya ipleyiti yensimbi engenasici), ipleyiti yensimbi engenasici yeferritic, kunye nepleyiti yentsimbi ye-austenitic ferritic duplex. Ngokweyona khemikhali iphambili yepleyiti yentsimbi okanye ezinye izinto ezibonakala kwipleyiti yentsimbi ukuze zihlelwe, zahlulwe zaba yipleyiti yensimbi engenasici ye-chromium, ipleyiti ye-nickel ye-chromium, ipleyiti ye-nickel ye-chromium molybdenum kunye nepleyiti yentsimbi ephantsi yekhabhoni, ipleyiti ephezulu ye-molybdenum. Ngokweempawu zokusebenza kunye nokusetyenziswa kwepleyiti yentsimbi, yahlulahlulwe yaba yipleyiti yensimbi engenasici ye-nitric acid, ipleyiti ye-sulfuric enganyangekiyo, ipleyiti yensimbi engenasici, ipleyiti yensimbi engenasici, ipleyiti yensimbi engenasici yamandla aphezulu, njalo njalo. Ngokweempawu ezisebenzayo zepleyiti yensimbi, yahlulwe kwipleyiti yensimbi engenasici yobushushu obuphantsi, akukho cwecwe lwentsimbi yamagnetic, ukusika ngokulula ipleyiti yentsimbi, ipleyiti yentsimbi yeplastiki ephezulu. Indlela yokwahlula esetyenziswa ngokuqhelekileyo ihlelwa ngokweempawu zesakhiwo sentsimbi yentsimbi kunye neempawu zokubunjwa kweekhemikhali zentsimbi yensimbi kunye nokudibanisa iindlela ezimbini. Ngokubanzi yahlulwe ipleyiti yensimbi engenasici ye-martensitic, ipleyiti yensimbi engenasici, ipleyiti yentsimbi ye-austenitic, ipleyiti yentsimbi ephindwe kabini kunye nokuqina kohlobo lweplate yensimbi engenasici okanye yahlulwe yaba yipleyiti yensimbi engenasici ye-chromium kunye nepleyiti yentsimbi yenickel iindidi ezimbini. Ukusetyenziswa okuqhelekileyo: izixhobo zepulp kunye nephepha Umtshintshi wokushisa, izixhobo zomatshini, izixhobo zokudaya, izixhobo zokuhlamba ifilimu, iipayipi, indawo yonxweme yokwakha izinto zangaphandle, njl.
Umphezulu wepleyiti yensimbi engenasici igudileyo, ineplastiki ephezulu, ukuqina kunye namandla omatshini, kwaye iyamelana ne-asidi, igesi ye-alkaline, isisombululo kunye nezinye i-corrosion yemidiya. Yintsimbi ekungelula ukuyirusa, kodwa ayinamhlwa kwaphela.