Impumuro y’imfuruka ni ifu ikozwe neza ikozwe mu graphite y’akameremere. Irimwo ibintu vy’umubiri n’ivy’imiti kandi ifise ubuhinga bwinshi bwo gukoresha mu nganda, mu vy’ubuhinga bwa none, no mu vy’ubuhinga bw’imiti.
Ica mbere, ifu ya graphite yerekana ubuhinga bwiza cane bwo gutwara umuyagankuba. Kubera ko graphite ari allotrope ya carbone, imiterere yayo y’ivyuma irimwo ama elegitoroni y’ubuntu, ivyo bikaba bituma habaho ugukoresha neza amashanyarazi. Ivyo bituma ifu ya graphite iba ikintu gikundwa cane, ikintu co kwongerako ku mabateri, n’igice c’ibipfukisho vy’ivyuma. Ubwa kabiri, ifu ya graphite yerekana amavuta meza cane. Igishushanyo caco c’ibara ry’agahama kiratuma gishobora gukora filime y’amavuta mu gihe c’ugushikana, bikagabanya igiharuro c’ugushikana. Ivyo bituma ikoreshwa cane mu bikorwa bisaba nk’ugusohoka kw’amavuta, hejuru-Ivyimburwa vy’ubushuhe, n’ikirere.
Ifu y’imbonerahamwe na yo yerekana cane cane - guhangana n’ubushuhe. Mbere no mu bushuhe bwinshi, ifu ya graphite iraguma ifise ubushobozi bwo gukora neza n’imiti kandi ikananira oxidation canke ukubora. Ku bw’ivyo, rikoreshwa cane mu bikorwa vy’inganda vy’ubuhinga bwa none nk’ivy’ubuhinga n’ugutera. Impumuro y’umubiri yerekana kandi ugushikama kw’imiti be n’ugushobora gusenyuka gukomeye, ivyo bikaba bituma ishobora gutera n’imiti nk’aside n’iyitwa alkalis. Ni vyiza ku bijanye n’imiti irwanya - Gufata ubukonje n’ibikoresho vyo gukingira.
Ikindi kintu gihambaye cane c’ifu ya graphite ni uburebure bwaco bwo hejuru n’ubushobozi bwo gufata. Igishushanyo caco c’ibihimba vyiza cane kiratanga uburebure bw’ubutaka, bugafatanya neza n’ibihumanye biva ku gazi n’amazi. Ku bw’ivyo, irafise ubuhinga buhambaye bwo gukingira ibidukikije, gusukura amazi mabi, no kumufasha.
Muri make, ifu ya graphite, n’ivyiza bidasanzwe nk’ubuhinga bwo gutwara ibintu, amavuta, uburemere bw’ibintu vyinshi, ubushobozi bwo guhangana n’imiti, ugushikama kw’imiti, n’ubushobozi bwo gufata, birafise uruhara rudashobora gusubirwamwo mu nganda y’ubu. Kubera iterambere ry’ubuhinga, ahantu hakoreshwa ifu ya graphite rizobandanya kwaguka, kandi agaciro kayo k’isoko kazobandanya kwiyongera.
