Iron oxide pigments imakhala ndi dispersibility yabwino, kukana kuwala komanso kukana kwa nyengo, kukula kwa tinthu ting'onoting'ono, mitundu yabwino kwambiri komanso mawonekedwe ogwiritsira ntchito, komanso mayamwidwe a ultraviolet.Chifukwa chake, amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri pazomangira, zokutira, mapulasitiki, zamagetsi, fodya, m'minda yamankhwala, mphira, zoumba, inki, maginito, kupanga mapepala, etc.

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