Isicelo: Isetyenziswa kakhulu kwiikhemikhali, iiminerali (ingakumbi ezisebenza kuhlelo lweemveliso ezingezizo ezeminerali, njenge-calcium carbonate, i-kaolin quartz, i-talc, i-mica, njl. njl.), isinyithi, i-abrasive, i-ceramics, imathiriyeli yomlilo, amayeza, izitshabalalisi, ukutya, impilo. iimpahla, kunye namashishini ezinto ezintsha.