Umgubo omhlophe okanye igranule, kwaye inokwahlulwa ibe ziindidi ezine: i-non-ionic, i-anionic, i-cationic kunye ne-Zwitterionic. I-Polyacrylamide (PAM) luphawu oluqhelekileyo lwe-homopolymers ye-acrylamide okanye i-copolymerized kunye nezinye ii-monomers. Yenye yezona zinto zisetyenziswa kakhulu iipolima ezinyibilikayo emanzini. Isetyenziswa ngokubanzi ekuxhatshazweni kweoli, unyango lwamanzi, i-textile, ukwenza iphepha, ukusetyenzwa kwamaminerali, amayeza, ezolimo kunye namanye amashishini. Iinkalo zesicelo eziphambili kumazwe angaphandle kunyango lwamanzi, ukwenza iphepha, imigodi, i-metallurgy, njl.; Okwangoku, ukusetyenziswa okukhulu kwe-PAM yintsimi yokuvelisa ioli e-China, kwaye ukukhula okukhawulezayo kumhlaba wokucoca amanzi kunye nentsimi yokwenza iphepha.