ʻO nā ʻāpana mika kūlohelohe he ʻano minelala ʻole ia a loaʻa nā ʻāpana like ʻole, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo SiO 2, nona ka nui ma kahi o 49%, a ʻo ka nui o Al 2 O 3 ma kahi o 30%. Loaʻa i ka mika kūlohelohe ka elasticity maikaʻi a me ka paʻakikī. ʻO ka insulation, ke kūpaʻa wela kiʻekiʻe, ke kūpaʻa waikawa a me ka alkali, ke kūpaʻa ʻana i ka corrosion, ka hoʻopili ikaika a me nā ʻano ʻē aʻe, he mea hoʻohui maikaʻi loa ia. Hoʻohana nui ʻia ia i nā mīkini uila, nā koʻokoʻo wili, ka rubber, nā plastics, ka pepa, nā pena, nā uhi, nā pigments, nā keramika, nā mea hoʻonani, nā mea kūkulu hale hou a me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe, a he ākea ka nui o nā hoʻohana. Me ka hoʻomohala mau ʻana o ka ʻepekema a me ka ʻenehana, ua wehe ka poʻe i nā kahua noi hou.

ʻO nā ʻano a me nā ʻāpana kemika nui o ka mika kūlohelohe: he mau papa hexagonal a me nā kolamu nā kristal muscovite, he pālahalaha nā hono, a he ʻano flake a scaly paha nā ʻāpana, no laila ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia he mica kūlohelohe fragmented.

Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻāpana mica kūlohelohe i: nā mea hoʻohui uhi, nā uhi hale, nā ʻāpana terrazzo, nā pena pōhaku maoli, nā uhi one kala, a pēlā aku.

ʻO ka pepa mica kūlohelohe kahi mea hoʻonaninani me ka paʻa kala ikaika, ke kūpaʻa wai a me ka simulation, a me ke kūpaʻa batch maikaʻi loa a me ke kūpaʻa anu. , no laila hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia no nā mea maka i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna.