Kila kohu ʻolehe mea hao i ku e i ka pala a me ka pala.Loaʻa iā ia he 11% chromium.No ka chromium ka pale ʻana o ke kila kila, kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni passive e pale i ka mea a hoʻoponopono iā ia iho i mua o ka oxygen.
ʻO kona hoʻomaʻemaʻe, ikaika a me ka pale ʻana i ka corrosion ua alakaʻi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke kila stainless i nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā mea kanu meaʻai.
Hōʻailona ʻia nā ʻano like ʻole o ke kila kila me nā helu helu ʻekolu-helu AISI, a ʻo ka maʻamau ISO 15510 ka papa inoa o ka hui kemika o nā kila kila i ʻōlelo ʻia ma nā kūlana ISO, ASTM, EN, JIS a me GB i loko o kahi papa hoʻololi pono.