Ƙarfe azurfa yana da kyakkyawan ƙarfin lantarki. Saboda haka, flake azurfa foda yana da aikace-aikace masu yawa a fannoni da yawa kamar fasahar microelectronics, fasaha mai sassaucin ra'ayi, da masana'antar photovoltaic. Pastes da aka yi da flake azurfa foda tare da daban-daban kwayoyin dako da kuma binders yawanci amfani da kayan lantarki kamar tacewa, membrane sauya, semiconductor kwakwalwan kwamfuta, taba fuska, da baya azurfa electrodes na hasken rana Kwayoyin. Daga cikin su, foda na azurfa shine mafi mahimmancin sashi a matsayin lokaci mai aiki na aiki, wanda kai tsaye ya ƙayyade ƙaddamarwar manna.
Lokacin da flake azurfa foda ya dace da mai ɗaukar kwayoyin halitta, ɓangarorin azurfa suna jan hankali, su zoba, da taɓawa. Bayan bugu a cikin tsari, yana da kyawawan kayan lantarki da kyawawan haske na azurfa, don haka yana da fa'idar amfani da kayan aikin lantarki. Flake azurfa foda shine babban kayan lantarki don abubuwan lantarki kamar su monolithic capacitors, filters, carbon film potentiometers, round (ko guntu) tantalum capacitors, membrane switches, da semiconductor guntu bonding.