Ka taea e ngā pōro huakita nano te pirau me te mimiti i te haukini, te hauota hauota, te hauwai whanariki me ngā konganuku taumaha, ā, he āhuatanga anō hoki o te "cation multivalent", ka taea te whakarei ake i te kaha ki te mimiti i ngā huakita whakanitrogen, te whakateretere i te tipu o ngā moroiti, me te whai hua me te tere o te whakamahi i te pānga o te pāpāho tātari, me te hanga i te rōpū huakita whai hua.