Impushana emhlophe noma i-granule, futhi ingahlukaniswa ngezinhlobo ezine: i-non-ionic, i-anionic, i-cationic ne-Zwitterionic. I-Polyacrylamide (PAM) igama elijwayelekile lama-homopolymers e-acrylamide noma ahlanganiswe namanye ama-monomers. Ingenye yama-polymers ancibilika emanzini asetshenziswa kakhulu. Isetshenziswa kabanzi ekuxhashazweni kukawoyela, ekwelapheni amanzi, endwangu, ekwenzeni iphepha, ekucubunguleni amaminerali, ezokwelapha, ezolimo nakwezinye izimboni. Izinkambu eziyinhloko zesicelo emazweni angaphandle ukuhlanzwa kwamanzi, ukwenza amaphepha, izimayini, i-metallurgy, njll; Njengamanje, ukusetshenziswa okukhulu kwe-PAM kwenzelwa insimu yokukhiqiza uwoyela e-China, futhi ukukhula okusheshayo okwensimu yokuhlanza amanzi kanye nensimu yokwenza iphepha.