Li-tubes tse futhumatsang li entsoe ka ho honyela kapa rabara hlooho ea tube ebe e sebetsoa ka mefuta e fapaneng e hlokoang ke mosebelisi. Li-tubes tse futhumatsang li entsoe ka li-tubes tsa tšepe tse se nang moeli tse tlatsitsoeng ka terata ea ho futhumatsa ea motlakase 'me lekhalo le tlatsitsoe ka phofo ea magnesium oxide e nang le conductivity e ntle ea mocheso le ho pata. Re etsa mefuta e fapaneng ea liphaephe tse futhumatsang, joalo ka li-tubes tsa indasteri, lihitara tsa ho qoelisoa, lihitara tsa cartridge, le tse ling. Lintho tsa rona li fihletse litifikeiti tse hlokahalang, 'me re netefatsa boleng ba tsona.
Boholo bo nyane, matla a phahameng, sebopeho se bonolo, le ho hanyetsa ka mokhoa o ikhethang tikolohong e matla kaofela ke litšoaneleho tsa li-tubes tse futhumatsang. Li khona ho ikamahanya le maemo 'me li na le mefuta e mengata ea tšebeliso. Li ka sebelisoa ho futhumatsa mefuta e sa tšoaneng ea metsi 'me li ka sebelisoa libakeng tseo ho tsona ho nang le litlhoko tse thibelang ho phatloha le tse ling.