He matū whakamiharo te paura oneone diatomaceous i ahu mai i ngā toenga o ngā diatoms kua pakaru, arā, he rimurimu pūtau-kotahi. I tupu pai ēnei diatoms i roto i ngā wai pērā i ngā moana, ngā roto, me ngā awa i ngā miriona tau ki muri. I a rātou e mate ana, ka kohia ō rātou pakitara pūtau whai rawa i te silica ki raro, ka āta hanga i ngā putunga parataiao e puta ai te oneone diatomaceous.

Ko tētahi o ngā āhuatanga tino motuhake o te paura oneone diatomaceous ko tōna āhua tino pūwero. Mā te tirohanga karu, ka kitea he whatunga matatini o ngā pūwero iti, e hono tahi ana. He rerekē te rahi o ēnei pūwero, mai i te torutoru nanometa ki te maha maikiromita. Mā tēnei pūwero ka nui rawa te horahanga mata o te paura mō ia wae taumaha, he mea nui tēnei mō āna mahi maha. Hei tauira, i roto i ngā tukanga tātari, ka taea e ngā pūwero te hopu i ngā matūriki o ngā rahi rerekē, ka mahi hei tātari taiao.

Ka kitea ngā whakamahinga o te paura oneone diatomaceous i roto i te umanga whakapaipai me te tiaki whaiaro. Ka whakamahia i roto i ngā mirimiri kanohi me ngā hua tango kiri nā te mea he ngawari te whakakoi. Ka taea e ia te āwhina ki te tango i ngā pūtau kiri mate, ka waiho te kiri kia maeneene me te whakaora. I roto i ētahi whakatakotoranga paraihe niho, kei roto hei whakakoi ngawari hei āwhina i te horoi i ngā niho me te tango i te paraka me te kore e nui te kino ki te enamel niho.

I roto i te ahumahi, ka whakamahia te paura oneone diatomaceous hei whakakī i roto i ngā hua pēnei i te kirihou, te rapa, me ngā peita. I roto i ngā kirihou, ka taea e ia te whakarei ake i ngā āhuatanga miihini o te hanganga kirihou, pēnei i te whakanui ake i tōna kaha me tōna pakari. I roto i te rapa, ka taea e ia te whakapai ake i te roa me te ātete ki te kakahu o ngā hua rapa. I roto i ngā peita, ka mahi ia hei kaihoko whāriki, ka whakaiti i te kanapa o te mata peita, ka whakarato i te mutunga matte. Ka whakamahia hoki i roto i te hanga dynamite hei wāhanga pumau, ka āwhina ki te whakahaere i te tauhohenga pahū.