I-Diatomite luhlobo lwelitye le-siliceous. I-Diatomite yenziwe yi-amorphous SiO2 kwaye iqulethe inani elincinci le-Fe2O3, CaO, MgO, Al2O3 kunye nokungcola okuphilayo. Iingenelo zokusetyenziswa kwe-diatomite: 1: ixabiso le-pH elingathathi hlangothi, elingeyityhefu, ukusebenza kakuhle kokumisa, ukusebenza okunamandla kokufunxa, ubunzima obuncinci bobuninzi, 2: i-diatomite kufuneka isetyenziswe njengesongezelelo kwisamente, 3: ukwandiswa okugqwesileyo, amandla aphezulu okuchukumisa, amandla okutsalwa, amandla okukrazula, ukugaya kwangaphakathi okukhanyayo nokuthambileyo, amandla afanelekileyo okucinezela, njl. Iingenelo zokusetyenziswa kwe-diatomite: ixabiso le-pH elingathathi hlangothi, elingeyityhefu, ubuncinci obuyi-120 ukuya kwi-1200 mesh, Ilula kwaye ithambile, kwaye sisixhobo sokuzalisa esikumgangatho ophezulu kwipeyinti. Ishishini lokutya: izongezo zeehagu, iinkukhu, amadada, amahansi, iintlanzi, iintaka, iimveliso zasemanzini kunye nezinye izondlo. Ukusetyenziswa kwe-diatomite kuneengenelo ezi-5: ukhuseleko oluqinileyo elangeni, ukwakheka okuthambileyo nokukhanya, kunye nezizalisi ezikumgangatho ophezulu ezinokuphelisa ungcoliseko lwesikhumba kwiimveliso zebhaluni: amandla okukhanya, ixabiso le-PH elingathathi hlangothi, umgubo ongeyotyhefu, umgubo othambileyo nogudileyo, ukusebenza kakuhle kwamandla, ukhuseleko elangeni kunye nokumelana nobushushu obuphezulu. I-Diatomite isetyenziswa ekugqumeni, ekupeyinteni, ekunyangweni kwamanzi amdaka nakwamanye amashishini. Iimveliso zokongeza zokugquma ze-Diatomite zineempawu zokuba ne-porosity enkulu, ukufunxwa okunamandla, ukuzinza kweekhemikhali, ukumelana nokuguguleka, ukumelana nobushushu, njl.njl., ezinokubonelela ngokusebenza kakuhle komphezulu, ukuhambelana, ukuqina kunye nokuphucula ukunamathela kwengubo. Ngenxa yomthamo wayo omkhulu we-pore, inganciphisa ixesha lokomisa kwefilimu yokugquma. Inganciphisa nobungakanani be-resin kwaye inciphise iindleko. Le mveliso ithathwa njengohlobo lwe-powder yepeyinti esebenza kakuhle kakhulu enexabiso elifanelekileyo. Isetyenziswe kakhulu kwidaka le-diatom elisekelwe emanzini njengemveliso ekhethiweyo ngabavelisi abaninzi bepeyinti abakhulu kwihlabathi liphela.