Chitsulo chomwe tidagwiritsa ntchito poponyera tofawa makamaka chimakhala ndi zinc, mkuwa, aluminium, magnesium, lead, malata, ndi malata a lead-tin. Ngakhale chitsulo chosowa ndichosowa, ndichotheka. Makhalidwe azitsulo zosiyanasiyana pakuponyera zakufa ndi izi:
• Nthaka: Chitsulo chosavuta kufa, chachuma pakupanga tizigawo ting'onoting'ono, kosavuta kuvala, mphamvu yayikulu, kuphatikizika kwapulasitiki, ndi moyo wautali woponyera.
• Zotayidwa: Makhalidwe apamwamba, kupanga zovuta komanso mipanda yaying'ono yokhala ndi kukhazikika kwapamwamba, kukana kwazitsulo, zida zabwino zamakina, madutsidwe otenthetsa kwambiri komanso madutsidwe amagetsi, komanso mphamvu yayikulu kutentha.
• Mankhwala enaake a: Yosavuta kumakina, mphamvu yayikulu mpaka kulemera kwake, chopepuka kwambiri pazitsulo zopangidwa ndi kufa.
• Mkuwa: Mkulu kuuma ndi amphamvu kukana dzimbiri. Chitsulo chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri chimakhala ndi makina abwino kwambiri, odana ndi mphamvu komanso mphamvu pafupi ndi chitsulo.
• Mtsogoleri ndi malata: Kutalika kwakukulu komanso kulondola kwakukulu kwa magawo apadera oteteza dzimbiri. Pazifukwa zaumoyo waboma, aloyi sangagwiritsidwe ntchito ngati malo osungira zakudya komanso malo osungira. Alloys a lead-tin-bismuth (nthawi zina amakhalanso ndi mkuwa pang'ono) atha kugwiritsidwa ntchito kupangira zilembo pamanja ndi kuponda mwamphamvu mu makina a letterpress.
