Dioxide ya silikoni, izwi cyane nka silikoni, igizwe n'ubwoko butandukanye burimo silikoni ifumye, silikoni ishyushye, na silikoni ya kolloidal, buri imwe ifite imiterere yihariye ijyanye n'ikoreshwa ry'inganda. Iyi mvange idakora, igizwe na silikoni na ogisijeni, ihabwa agaciro kubera ubuziranenge bwayo bwinshi, ubushyuhe buhamye, hamwe n'imiterere yayo inyuranye nk'ubuso bunini n'ingano nto y'uduce.

Silika ikozwe mu buryo bwa "precipitated silica", ikorwa binyuze mu mikorere ya "chemical reactions" mu bisubizo by'amazi, ikoreshwa mu rwego rw'inkweto, yongera ubworoherane n'uburinzi ku nkweto. Ubushobozi bwayo bwo kwinjiza inkweto bwinshi buyigira ikintu cy'ingenzi mu irangi no kurimbika, aho ikora nk'ikintu gikomeza ubukana, ikarinda kugwa no kunoza uburyo amazi atemba. Mu bikoresho bifunga, yongera ubukana n'imbaraga zo gufatanya, bigatuma habaho imikorere yizewe mu bihe bitandukanye by'ibidukikije.

Mu rwego rwo kwisiga no kwita ku buzima bwite, silica ikora nk'ikintu gikurura ibintu nka ifu yo mu maso na deodorants, ifasha mu kugenzura amavuta n'ubushuhe idatera uruhu gukara. Imiterere yayo idakora neza ituma ihura n'ibindi bintu, bigatuma iba inyongeramusaruro nziza kandi itekanye.

Ubudahangarwa bwa silicon dioxide ku bushyuhe bwinshi n'ubushyuhe bw'ibinyabutabire burushaho kwiyongera mu ikoreshwa ryayo mu bikoresho birwanya ubushyuhe bwinshi, aho igira uruhare mu gutuma ibikoresho byo mu itanura biguma neza no gushyushya ubushyuhe bwinshi. Ubunini bwayo n'ubushobozi bwayo bwo gukorwa bihura neza n'ibikenewe mu nganda zigezweho ku bikoresho bitangiza ibidukikije, bikomeza uruhare rwayo nk'igice cy'ibanze mu nganda zitandukanye.