Utywala buyinto engenambala, ikhemikhali enokutsha kunye nevumba elinamandla kunye nencasa evuthayo.Ngokuqhelekileyo isetyenziswa njenge-solvent, i-fuel, i-antiseptic, kunye ne-preservative kumashishini ahlukeneyo.Kukho iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zotywala, ezifana ne-ethanol, i-methanol, kunye ne-isopropyl alcohol, nganye ineempawu zayo kunye nokusetyenziswa kwayo.Ngokomzekelo, iEthanol luhlobo lotywala olufumaneka kwiziselo ezinxilisayo kwaye ikwasetyenziswa ekwenzeni amafutha, izicoci zezandla neziqholo.Kwelinye icala, i-methanol inetyhefu kwaye inokufumaneka kwezinye iimveliso zokucoca, izibaso kunye nezinyibilikisi.Utywala be-Isopropyl sisibulala-ntsholongwane esiqhelekileyo kunye notywala obusetyenziswa ezibhedlele, iilabhoratri kunye nemizi.Ngelixa utywala bunemisebenzi emininzi esebenzayo, ikwayinto yengqondo enokuba neziphumo ezibi kwimpilo nakuluntu xa isetyenziswe ngokugqithisileyo.