Umuringa ni umuringa usa neza, mubisanzwe urashobora kugereranywa nkumuringa wera. Nibyiza gutwara neza na plastike, ariko imbaraga nubukomezi nibyiza.
Ukurikije ibihimbano, ibikoresho by’umuringa by’Ubushinwa birashobora kugabanywamo ibyiciro bine: umuringa usanzwe, umuringa udafite ogisijeni, umuringa wa ogisijeni n'umuringa udasanzwe wongera ibintu bike bivangavanze (nk'umuringa wa arsenic, umuringa wa tellurium, umuringa wa feza). Umuringa wumuriro wumuriro nubushyuhe nubwa kabiri nyuma ya feza, kandi ikoreshwa cyane mugukora ibikoresho byamashanyarazi nubushyuhe.
Inkoni y'umuringa ni ikintu kimeze nk'inkoni gikozwe mu muringa na zinc, cyitiriwe ibara ry'umuhondo. Inkoni y'umuringa ifite imiterere myiza yubukanishi kandi irwanya kwambara. Ikoreshwa cyane cyane mugukora ibikoresho bisobanutse, ibice byubwato, ibice byimodoka, ibikoresho byubuvuzi, ibikoresho byamashanyarazi nibikoresho byose byubufasha bwa mashini, impeta yinyo yimodoka.
