Ikhabhoni emnyamaibuye isetshenziswe ekukhiqizeni amapulasitiki, lapho isebenza khona njenge-filler eqinisayo, ithuthukisa izakhiwo zemishini yepulasitiki. Ithuthukisa ukumelana nomthelela namandla aqinile wamapulasitiki, iwenze aqine kakhudlwana futhi akwazi ukumelana nemithwalo esindayo. Ikhabhoni emnyama isiza futhi ukuvimbela ukufiphala nokushintsha umbala okubangelwa imisebe ye-UV.
Okunye ukusetshenziswa kwe-carbon black embonini ye-inki ne-coatings. Isetshenziswa kabanzi njenge-pigment emnyama, ehlinzeka ngombala ojulile futhi ohlala isikhathi eside. Ikhabhoni emnyama inezinto ezinhle kakhulu zokumunca ukukhanya nezici zokubonisa, okuyenza ilungele ukusetshenziswa ekunyatheliseni oyinki, opende, nama-coatings.
