Ko te kirikiri anga nati he hua muka mārō i hangaia mai i ngā anga nati i kuruhia, i kuruhia rānei. Ina whakamahia hei mea pupuhi, he tino pakari te kirikiri anga nati, he koki, he maha ngā taha, engari e kiia ana he 'whakakoi ngohengohe'. He pai rawa te kirikiri anga nati hei whakakapi i te onepu (te silica kore utu) hei karo i ngā raruraru hauora manawa.
He tino whai hua te horoi mā te whakamahi i te pupuhi anga nati ina noho tonu te mata o te papa i raro i tōna paninga peita, paru, hinu, unahi, waro, me ētahi atu mea kāore i rerekē, kāore hoki i pakaru. Ka taea te whakamahi i te kirikiri anga nati hei mea ngohengohe hei tango i ngā mea ke, i ngā paninga rānei mai i ngā mata, me te kore e keri, e rakuraku, e whakakino rānei i ngā wāhi kua horoia.
Ina whakamahia me ngā taputapu pupuhi anga nati tika, ko ngā whakamahinga horoi pupuhi noa ko te tango i ngā panera motuka me te taraka, te horoi i ngā pokepokea ngawari, te whakakanapa whakapaipai, ngā anga me ngā motuka hiko i mua i te whakahokinga, te tango i ngā kirihou me te whakakanapa mataaratanga. Ina whakamahia hei rauemi horoi pupuhi, ka tangohia e te kirikiri anga nati te peita, te uira, ngā kohao me ētahi atu hapa i roto i te whakakikorua kirihou me te rapa, te whakarewa konumohe me te konutea me ngā ahumahi hiko. Ka taea e te anga nati te whakakapi i te onepu i roto i te tango peita, te tango graffiti me te horoi whānui i roto i te whakaora i ngā whare, ngā piriti me ngā whakapakoko o waho. Ka whakamahia hoki te anga nati hei horoi i ngā miihini rererangi me ngā tāwhana mamaoa.
| Ngā Whakatakotoranga o te Anga Walnut Grit | |
| Tau | Matapihi |
| Tino Pakari | 4/6 (4.75-3.35 mm) |
| Pakari | 6/10 (3.35-2.00 mm) |
| 8/12 (2.36-1.70 mm) | |
| Waenga | 12/20 (1.70-0.85 mm) |
| 14/30 (1.40-0.56 mm) | |
| Pai | 18/40 (1.00-0.42 mm) |
| 20/30 (0.85-0.56 mm) | |
| 20/40 (0.85-0.42 mm) | |
| Tino Pai | 35/60 (0.50-0.25 mm) |
| 40/60 (0.42-0.25 mm) | |
| Paraoa | 40/100 (425-150 maikorona) |
| 60/100 (250-150 maikorona) | |
| 60/200 (250-75 maikorona) | |
| -100 (150 maikorona me te angiangi ake) | |
| -200 (75 maikorona me te angiangi ake) | |
| -325 (35 maikorona me te angiangi ake) | |
| Pingoa hua | Tātaritanga Tata | Ngā Āhuatanga Noa | ||||||||
| Kirikiri Anga Wōnati | Cellulose | Rikini | Metoksira | Hauota | Haumāota | Kutin | Te wairewatanga o te Toluene | Pungarehu | Taumaha Motuhake | 1.2 ki te 1.4 |
| 40 - 60% | 20 - 30% | 6.5% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.0% | 0.5 – 1.0 % | 1.5% | Te Matotoru o te Papatipu (lbs ia ft3) | 40 - 50 | |
| Tauine Mohs | 4.5 – 5 | |||||||||
| Makuku Koreutu (80ºC mō ngā hāora 15) | 3 – 9% | |||||||||
| pH (i roto i te wai) | 4-6 | |||||||||
| Pūwāhi Mura (kapu kua kati) | 380º | |||||||||
