I-Diatomite (i-diatomaceous earth) iyidwala elithambile, elilula le-siliceous sedimentary elakhiwe ngezinsalela ze-diatoms zasemanzini zasendulo—ulwelwe oluneseli elilodwa olunamagobolondo e-silica. Yakhiwe ngokuyinhlokoi-silica engeyona ikristalu (i-SiO₂, 80%–90%), ene-alumina encane, i-iron oxide, kanye nezinto eziphilayo, inesakhiwo esiyingqayizivele se-microporous, i-porosity ephezulu (kufika ku-90%), indawo enkulu ethile, amandla okumunca aqinile, ukungangeni kwamakhemikhali, kanye nokumelana nokushisa. Njengeminerali engenabuthi, enobungani nemvelo, isetshenziswa kabanzi ekuhlungeni ukudla, ekwelapheni amanzi, ekuvikeleni imvelo, ekwakheni, kanye nasekugcwaliseni izimboni.

I-diatomite eluhlaza icutshungulwa ngokuchoboza, ukomisa, ukugaya, kanye nokuhlanzwa (ukuwasha, ukuhlukaniswa kwamagnetic, i-calcination) ukuze kususwe ukungcola kobumba, i-quartz, kanye nensimbi. Amazinga okuhlanzeka okuphezulu anayoI-SiO₂ ≥85%, ubumhlophe ≥85%, i-Fe₂O₃ ephansi (<1.5%), kanye nosayizi wezinhlayiya ezilawulwayo (10–200 μm), okuqinisekisa ukusebenza okulinganayo ekuhlungeni, ekumunceni, nasekugcwaliseni okusebenzayo.

Ama-micropores afanayo e-Diatomite (0.1–10 μm) ayenza ibe usizo oluhle kakhulu lokuhlunga, ibamba izinhlayiya ezincane ngenkathi ivumela ukugeleza koketshezi.

• Ukudla Neziphuzo: Icacisa ubhiya, iwayini, ijusi, kanye nesiraphu ngokususa imvubelo, amabhaktheriya, kanye nezinto eziqinile ezilengayo, ithuthukise ukucaca kanye nesikhathi sokuphelelwa yisikhathi.
• Ukwelashwa Kwamanzi: Isusa izinsimbi ezisindayo (Pb²⁺, Cd²⁺), ukungcola okungokwemvelo, kanye nephunga elivela emanzini angcolile ezimboni, emanzini kamasipala, kanye namachibi okubhukuda.
• Imithi: Ihlunga ama-antibiotic, uketshezi oluphuzwayo, kanye nemikhiqizo yezinto eziphilayo ukuze kuhlanzwe amagciwane.

Isakhiwo se-Diatomite esinezimbobo senzaukulawulwa komswakama, ukuhlanzwa komoya, ukuvimbela umsindo, kanye nokulondolozwa kokushisa.

• Udaka lwe-Diatom (Izembozo Zodonga): Imunca/ikhipha umswakama ukuze ivimbele isikhunta, imunca i-formaldehyde, i-benzene, kanye nama-VOC, futhi inciphise umsindo—owaziwa ngokuthi “udonga oluphefumulayo”.
• Ukufakwa Kokushisa Okulula: Kusetshenziswa ezitini ezishisayo, amabhodi okushisa, kanye nezinhlaka eziqinile zokumelana nokushisa okuphezulu (kufika ku-1400°C) kanye nokuqhuba okuphansi kokushisa.

Njengokugcwalisa okuqinisayo, kuthuthukisa izakhiwo zemishini kanye nokucutshungulwa kalula kuma-polymer.

• Upende Nokumboza: Kuthuthukisa ukuqina, ukumelana nokuklwebheka, kanye nokuqeda okungabonakali; kunciphisa ukuqina.
• Irabha kanye nepulasitiki: Kuthuthukisa ukuqina, ukumelana nokushisa, kanye nokuzinza kobukhulu; kunciphisa izindleko.
• Ezolimo: Imunca izibulala-zinambuzane/umanyolo ukuze ikhululeke kancane; isebenza njengesibulala-zinambuzane semvelo ngokulimaza ama-exoskeleton ezinambuzane.

Sihlinzeka nge-diatomite eluhlaza, ehlanziwe, efakwe i-calcium, kanye ne-surface-modified enobukhulu bezinhlayiya ezingenziwa ngokwezifiso kanye namazinga okuhlanzeka. Imikhiqizo ihambisana nezindinganiso ze-ISO 9001, REACH, kanye nokuphepha kokudla, okukhonza izimboni zokuhlunga zomhlaba wonke, ezemvelo, kanye nezokwakha. Amasampula wamahhala kanye nokusekelwa kobuchwepheshe kuyatholakala.