Insimbi engenasici inamandla okumelana no-oxidation asemkhathini, okungukuthi, ukugqwala, futhi inamandla okumelana nokonakala ku-acid eliphakathi nendawo, i-alkali nosawoti, okungukuthi, ukumelana nokugqwala okunjalo. Kodwa-ke, inani lokuphikiswa kokugqwala liyahlukahluka ngokwakheka kwamakhemikhali kwensimbi uqobo, isimo somunye nomunye, izimo zokusebenzisa, kanye nohlobo lwendlela yemvelo.