An rarraba zane-zanen hoto zuwa yanayin zane-zanen hoto, jin zane-zanen polyacrylonitrile (tushen PAN), da kuma zane-zanen viscose da aka ji saboda zabin daban-daban na asali. Babban manufar shine ayi amfani dashi azaman ajiyar zafin rana da kayan rufin zafi don murhunan narkewar silinon monocrystalline. A cikin masana'antar sinadarai, ana iya amfani dashi azaman kayan tacewa don haɓakar haɓakar haɓakar sinadarai mai ƙarfi.
Abin da ake ji da shi yana cikin jiki bayan an bi da shi a zazzabi mai zafi sama da 2000 ℃ a ƙarƙashin yanayi ko yanayi. Abubuwan da ke cikin carbon ɗin sun fi na abin da ake ji a ciki, ya kai fiye da 99%. A ƙarshen shekarun 1960, an riga an riga an sami wadataccen hoto a duniya. Abubuwan da aka zana hoto ya kasu kashi-kashi, wanda aka zana a hoto na polyacrylonitrile da kuma wanda aka zana a jikin viscose saboda bambancin zaɓi na asalin ji.