Mowa ndi mankhwala opanda mtundu, omwe amatha kuyaka ndi fungo lamphamvu komanso kukoma koyaka.Amagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati zosungunulira, mafuta, antiseptic, ndi zosungira m'mafakitale osiyanasiyana.Pali mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya mowa, monga ethanol, methanol, ndi mowa wa isopropyl, uliwonse uli ndi katundu wake komanso ntchito zake.Mwachitsanzo, ethanol ndi mtundu wa mowa womwe umapezeka m’zakumwa zoledzeretsa ndipo umagwiritsidwanso ntchito popanga mafuta, zotsukira m’manja, ndi zonunkhiritsa.Methanol, kumbali ina, ndi poizoni ndipo imapezeka muzinthu zina zoyeretsera, mafuta, ndi zosungunulira.Mowa wa Isopropyl ndi mankhwala omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito m'zipatala, m'ma laboratories, komanso m'nyumba.Ngakhale mowa uli ndi ntchito zambiri zothandiza, umakhalanso chinthu chosokoneza maganizo chomwe chikhoza kukhala ndi zotsatira zovulaza pa thanzi ndi anthu pamene amwedwa mopitirira muyeso.