I-vermiculite enwetshiwe inezici ezinhle njengokumuncwa kwamanzi, ukungena komoya, i-adsorption, ukuxega nokungaqini.Ngaphezu kwalokho, ayinyumba futhi ayinabo ubuthi ngemva kokugazinga okunezinga lokushisa eliphezulu, okusiza kakhulu ezimpandeni nasekukhuleni kwezitshalo.Ingasetshenziselwa ukutshala, ukukhulisa izithombo nokusika izimbali nezihlahla eziyigugu, imifino, izihlahla zezithelo, amazambane namagilebhisi, kanye nokwenza i-substrate yezithombo, umanyolo wezimbali, inhlabathi enomsoco, njll.