Upfu hwearuminiyamu hunogadzirwa kuburikidza nemaitiro emakemikari. Semuenzaniso, nzira ye sol-gel inosanganisira kugadzirisa munyu wearuminiyamu (semuenzaniso, aruminiyamu nitrate) nesilicon-ine precursors (senge tetraethyl orthosilicate) mumvura ine mvura. Kuita uku kunoumba gel, iyo inozoomeswa uye inonyungudutswa pakupisa kwakanyanya (800 - 1200°C) kuti igadzire upfu hwakatsetseka. Kugadzirwa kwehydrothermal ndeimwe nzira, apo zvinhu zvisina kugadzirwa zvinosangana nekumanikidzwa kwakanyanya uye tembiricha mumvura, zvichigonesa kutonga kwakaringana pamusoro pehukuru hwezvimedu uye chimiro.

Upfu hwearuminiyamu hunosimba hunoratidza kugadzikana kwakanyanya mukupisa, nepo kunyunguduka kunodarika 1600°C, zvichiita kuti hukwanise kushandiswa pakupisa kwakanyanya. Hunodzivirira makemikari akawanda hunodzivirira ngura kubva kumaacid akawanda nealkali, nepo kufambisa kwayo kupisa kushoma kuchipa kudziya kwakanaka. Hukuru hwehupfu, kubva pahudiki kusvika kuma micrometer akati wandei, hunokanganisa mashandiro ayo uye kupararira kwayo. Mhando dzakagadziriswa pamusoro, dzakagadziriswa ne silane kana polymers, dzinowedzera kuenderana nezvimwe zvinhu.

Muzvigadzirwa zveceramic, inoshanda sechinhu chakakosha mu porcelain, matombo, uye zvinoramba, ichivandudza simba remuchina uye ichideredza kuwedzera kwekupisa. Semuenzaniso, muzvitofu, zvinoramba zvichibva paaluminium silicate zvinotsungirira tembiricha inosvika 1800°C. Mukugadzira mapepa, inoshanda sepigment yekufukidza, ichivandudza kupenya, kupenya, uye kudhindwa. Indasitiri yezvizoro inoishandisa sekuzadza hupfu nemakirimu, ichipa hunyoro hwakatsetseka uye hunhu hunotora mafuta.​