Ifu y'ubutaka ya Diatomaceous ni ikintu gitangaje gikomoka ku bisigazwa bya diatoms, ari byo bimera nk'ibimera by'ubwoko bumwe. Izi diatoms zakuriraga mu mazi nk'inyanja, ibiyaga n'imigezi mu myaka ya za miriyoni ishize. Uko zapfaga, inkuta zazo zikungahaye kuri silica zagiye zirundanya hasi, buhoro buhoro zikora ibisigazwa by'ubutaka bwa diatomaceous.

Kimwe mu bintu bidasanzwe biranga ifu y'isi ya diatomaceous ni imiterere yayo ifite imyenge myinshi. Mu buryo bwa mikorosikopi, igaragaza urusobe rurerure rw'imyenge mito kandi ihujwe. Iyi myenge itandukanye mu bunini, akenshi kuva kuri nanometero nke kugeza kuri mikorometero nyinshi. Iyi myenge ituma ifu iba nini cyane kuri buri gice cy'ubuso, ibyo bikaba ari ingenzi mu mikoreshereze yayo myinshi. Urugero, mu buryo bwo kuyungurura, imyenge ishobora gufata uduce duto tw'ingano zitandukanye, igakora nk'akayunguruzo karemano.

Ifu y'umusemburo wa Diatomaceous ikoreshwa mu kwisiga no kwita ku mubiri. Ikoreshwa mu gusukura mu maso no mu bikoresho byo gusiga ibara ry'uruhu bitewe n'ubushobozi bwayo bworoshye bwo gukaraba. Ishobora gufasha gukuraho uturemangingo tw'uruhu twapfuye, bigatuma uruhu rusa neza kandi rwongera kumera neza. Muri zimwe mu miti y'amenyo, ikoreshwa nk'umusemburo woroshye wo gukaraba amenyo kugira ngo ifashe gusukura amenyo no gukuraho plaque idateye kwangirika gukabije kw'amenyo.

Mu nganda, ifu y'isi ya diatomaceous ikoreshwa nk'icyuzuzo mu bicuruzwa nka pulasitiki, rabha, n'irangi. Muri pulasitiki, ishobora kongera imiterere ya mashini ya matrix ya pulasitiki, nko kongera imbaraga zayo no gukomera kwayo. Muri rabha, ishobora kongera kuramba no kudashira kw'ibicuruzwa bya rabha. Mu marangi, ikora nk'ikintu gifasha mu gupfuka, ikagabanya ubwiza bw'ubuso bw'irangi kandi igatanga irangi rito. Ikoreshwa kandi mu gukora dynamite nk'igice gituza, gifasha mu kugenzura ingaruka z'ibiturika.