Tourmaline foda, wanda aka samo daga murƙushewa da tsarkakewa na tourmaline ma'adinai, wani abu ne mai ban mamaki wanda ya shahara don aikace-aikace daban-daban. Tare da tsarin sinadarai na NaR3Al6 [Si6O18] [BO3] 3 (OH, F), tourmaline yana cikin rukuni na ma'adanai na silicate tare da tsarin crystal trigonal. Wannan ma'adinai na musamman ba wai kawai yana nuna kaddarorin piezoelectric da pyroelectric ba amma kuma yana da ikon haifar da ions mara kyau da fitar da hasken infrared mai nisa.
A fagen gine-gine, ana amfani da foda na tourmaline a matsayin ƙari a cikin fenti, yana haɓaka aikinsu da kayan ado ta hanyar ɗaukar warin da ke fitowa daga fenti da adhesives yayin sakin ions mara kyau, waɗanda ke da tasirin cutar antibacterial. Hakanan an haɗa shi cikin fale-falen yumbu, tubalin bango, kayan tsafta, da duwatsun wucin gadi, wanda ke ba da gudummawa ga samar da kayan gini masu inganci. Bugu da ƙari kuma, tourmaline foda yana samun aikace-aikace a cikin masana'antun filastik da kayan roba daban-daban, bututun PVC, da kayan haɗin gwiwa, inganta aikin su gaba ɗaya.
Bayan gine-gine, tourmaline foda yana taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen kare muhalli ta hanyar yin aiki a matsayin kayan aikin ruwa wanda ya dace da ions na ƙarfe da acid radicals, don haka tsarkake ruwa. A cikin masana'antar kiwon lafiya da walwala, ana amfani da ita wajen samar da kayan aikin kiwon lafiya, kamar zanen gado da tufafi, waɗanda ke ƙara yawan ions mara kyau a cikin iska, haɓaka yanayin rayuwa mai koshin lafiya. Bugu da ƙari, tourmaline foda an haɗa shi a cikin kayan shafawa da kayan gyaran fata, yana inganta tasirin su ta hanyar barin abubuwan gina jiki su shiga zurfi cikin fata, samun nasarar maganin tsufa da kuma sake farfadowa da fata.
A taƙaice, tourmaline foda, tare da aikace-aikace masu yawa, yana nuna muhimmancinsa a cikin masana'antu da yawa, daga gine-gine da kare muhalli zuwa lafiya da kyau.