Diatomite, nanone yitwa diatomaceous earth (DE), ni ibuye risanzwe rikomoka ku bisigazwa bya diatom-algae yo mu mazi ifite uturemangingo tumwe na tumwe dufite ibisigazwa bikomeye bya silica. Rigaragara ku miterere idasanzwe y’umubiri: imiterere myinshi, ubuso bunini, ubucucike buke, ubushyuhe budakora neza, ubushobozi bukomeye bwo kuyungurura, n’imikorere myiza yo kuyungurura. Iyi miterere ituma riba ibuye ry’agaciro ry’inganda rifite agaciro kanini mu nzego nyinshi.

Kuyungurura biracyari byo bikoreshwa cyane, bingana na 40% by'ibikenewe ku isi. Diatomite ikoreshwa cyane nk'imfasha mu kuyungurura mu nzoga, divayi, ibinyobwa, amavuta yo kurya, imiti, no gutunganya amazi mu migi, ikuraho neza ibintu bikomeye, bagiteri, n'ibintu bihumanya ikirere. Inakora kandi nk'inyunganiramirire mu marangi, ibipfuka, plastiki, kawunga, n'ibikoresho by'ubwubatsi kugira ngo yongere kuramba, umweru, kandi ikore neza. Mu buhinzi, ikora nk'umuti urwanya udukoko karemano, ikora neza mu butaka, irinda ibiryo gufunga, kandi ikanatwara ifumbire, ishyigikira ubuhinzi bw'umwimerere. Byongeye kandi, ikoreshwa mu byuma bikurura amazi mu nganda, mu gutunganya ibidukikije, no mu bikoresho bikingira ubushyuhe.

Isoko rya diatomite ku isi riri mu nzira ihamye yo gukura. Amakuru y’isoko agaragaza ko ingano y’ibikomoka ku bimera mu 2026 yitezwe kugera kuri toni miliyoni 2.12, aho ingano ya CAGR ya 5.23% kuva mu 2026 kugeza mu 2031 izagera kuri 5.23%. Mu gaciro, isoko riteganijwe kugera kuri miliyari 1.26 muri 2026 rikazagera kuri miliyari 2.08 mu 2035, rikazazamuka kuri CAGR ya 5.7%. Ibintu by’ingenzi bitera iterambere birimo kwiyongera k’ubukene bw’ibiribwa n’ibinyobwa, kwagura ibikorwa remezo byo gutunganya amazi, ibikoresho by’ubwubatsi birambye, n’inyongeramusaruro z’ubuhinzi zitangiza ibidukikije.

Mu karere, Amerika ya Ruguru n'Uburayi bifite amasoko akuze, mu gihe Aziya-Pasifika, iyobowe n'Ubushinwa, ikura vuba cyane bitewe n'ivugurura ry'inganda n'amabwiriza agenga ibidukikije. Abakora ibicuruzwa bikomeye bibanda ku bipimo bya calcium/flux-calcined high-purity kugira ngo bahaze ibyo inganda zikeneye. Hamwe n'iterambere ry'ubukungu bushingiye ku bukungu, diatomite izakomeza kwaguka mu nganda zibungabunga ibidukikije, mu gutunganya amazi, no mu nzego nshya z'ingufu.

Nk’amabuye y’agaciro akoreshwa mu buryo butandukanye kandi adahumanya ibidukikije, diatomite irimo kuba ingenzi cyane mu nganda zigezweho. Uruhererekane rwayo rw’ibikoresho ruhamye, kuvugurura ikoranabuhanga, hamwe n’ikoreshwa ryayo ritandukanye bizafasha isoko gukomeza gukura mu gihe kirekire, bitanga amahirwe akomeye ku bashoramari n’abakoresha inganda ku isi yose.