It affects the strength and load-bearing properties of rocks and soils. It affects the reactivity of solids participating in chemical reactions, and needs to be tightly controlled in many industrial products such as the manufacture of printer toner and cosmetics.
Nakakaapekto ang lakas at pag-load-tindig mga pag-aari ng mga bato at soils. Nakakaapekto ang reaktibiti ng solids lumalahok sa chemical reaksyon, at kailangang mahigpit na kinokontrol sa maraming mga pang-industriyang mga produkto tulad ng paggawa ng printer Toner at cosmetics.