Upfu hwevhu hweDiatomaceous chinhu chinoshamisa chinobva mumasaririra ezvipenyu zvediatoms, zviri algae ine masero mamwechete. Madiatoms aya aikura mumvura dzakadai semakungwa, madhamu, nenzizi mamiriyoni emakore apfuura. Paaifa, madziro avo emasero ane silica akaunganidzwa pasi, zvishoma nezvishoma achigadzira nzvimbo dze sedimentary dzinobva kuvhu rediatomaceous.

Chimwe chezvinhu zvinonyanya kusiyanisa neupfu hwevhu hwediatomaceous ndechekuti hune maburi akawanda. Nekushandisa microscopic, hunoratidza network yakaoma yemaburi madiki akabatana. Maburi aya anosiyana muhukuru, anowanzo bva pa nanometers shoma kusvika kuma micrometers akawanda. Maburi aya anopa upfu nzvimbo yakakura kwazvo pahuremu hweyuniti, izvo zvakakosha pakushandiswa kwahwo kwakawanda. Semuenzaniso, mukusefa, maburi anogona kubata zvidimbu zvehukuru hwakasiyana, zvichiita sesefa yechisikigo.

Upfu hwevhu hweDiatomaceous hunoshandiswa muindasitiri yezvizoro nekuchengetedza muviri. Hunoshandiswa mukuchenesa kumeso nekugadzira zvinhu zvinobvisa mavanga nekuda kwehunhu hwahwo hwekukwesha hunyoro. Hunogona kubatsira kubvisa masero eganda akafa, zvichiita kuti ganda rinzwe rakatsetseka uye rakasimba. Mune mamwe mafomu emazino, hunosanganisirwa semushonga wekukwesha hunyoro kubatsira kuchenesa mazino nekubvisa plaque pasina kukonzera kukuvara kwakanyanya kwe enamel yemazino.

Mumaindasitiri, upfu hwevhu hwediatomaceous hunoshandiswa sechinozadza muzvigadzirwa zvakaita semapurasitiki, rabha, uye pendi. Mumapurasitiki, inogona kuwedzera hunhu hwemakemikari epurasitiki, zvakaita sekuwedzera simba rayo nekuoma kwayo. Murabha, inogona kuvandudza kugara kwenguva refu uye kuramba kupfeka kwezvigadzirwa zverabha. Mumapende, inoshanda sechinobatidza, ichideredza kupenya kwependi uye ichipa kupenya kwakasimba. Inoshandiswawo mukugadzira dynamite sechinhu chinodzikamisa, ichibatsira kudzora kuputika.