Chitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri nthawi zambiri chimatanthawuza mbale zachitsulo zosapanga dzimbiri ndi mbale zachitsulo zosapanga asidi. Kutuluka kumayambiriro kwa zaka za zana lino, chitukuko cha zitsulo zosapanga dzimbiri chayika chinthu chofunika kwambiri komanso maziko a sayansi pa chitukuko cha mafakitale amakono ndi kupita patsogolo kwa sayansi ndi zamakono. Pali mitundu yambiri yazitsulo zosapanga dzimbiri zokhala ndi katundu wosiyana, ndipo pang'onopang'ono zapanga magulu angapo pa chitukuko. Malinga ndi kapangidwe kake, imagawidwa m'magulu anayi: mbale yachitsulo yosapanga dzimbiri ya austenitic, mbale yachitsulo yosapanga dzimbiri ya martensitic (kuphatikiza mvula yowumitsa chitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri), mbale yachitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri, ndi mbale yachitsulo yosapanga dzimbiri ya austenitic ferritic duplex. Malinga ndi zigawo zazikulu za mbale yachitsulo kapena zinthu zina zomwe zili mu mbale yachitsulo kuti zigawike, zimagawidwa kukhala mbale ya chromium yosapanga dzimbiri, chromium nickel zosapanga dzimbiri, chromium faifi tambala molybdenum zitsulo zosapanga dzimbiri ndi otsika mpweya zosapanga dzimbiri mbale, mkulu molybdenum zosapanga dzimbiri mbale, mkulu chiyero mbale zitsulo zosapanga dzimbiri. Malinga ndi mawonekedwe a ntchito ndi ntchito za mbale yachitsulo, imagawidwa kukhala nitric acid kugonjetsedwa ndi chitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri, mbale ya sulfuric kugonjetsedwa ndi chitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri, mbale yachitsulo yosapanga dzimbiri, kupsinjika kwa dzimbiri kugonjetsedwa ndi chitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri, mbale yachitsulo yosapanga dzimbiri ndi zina zotero. Malinga ndi magwiridwe antchito a mbale yachitsulo, imagawidwa kukhala mbale yachitsulo yosapanga dzimbiri yotsika kutentha, palibe mbale yachitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri, yosavuta kudula mbale yachitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri, mbale yapamwamba ya pulasitiki yosapanga dzimbiri. Njira yamagulu yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito nthawi zambiri imagawidwa molingana ndi mawonekedwe a chitsulo chachitsulo ndi mawonekedwe a mankhwala azitsulo zachitsulo komanso kuphatikiza njira ziwirizi. Nthawi zambiri amagawidwa mu mbale ya martensitic zosapanga dzimbiri, mbale ya chitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri, mbale ya chitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri ya austenitic, mbale yachitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri komanso mvula yowumitsa chitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri kapena kugawidwa kukhala mbale yachitsulo yosapanga dzimbiri ya chromium ndi mbale yachitsulo yosapanga dzimbiri mitundu iwiri. Zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito: zida zamkati ndi mapepala Kutentha kwa kutentha, zida zamakina, zida zodaya, zida zochapira mafilimu, mapaipi, zida zomangira m'mphepete mwa nyanja, ndi zina zambiri.
Pamwamba pa mbale yachitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri ndi yosalala, imakhala ndi pulasitiki yapamwamba, yolimba komanso mphamvu zamakina, ndipo imagonjetsedwa ndi asidi, mpweya wa alkaline, yankho ndi zina zowonongeka. Ndi chitsulo cha alloy chomwe sichapafupi kuchita dzimbiri, koma sichikhala ndi dzimbiri.