(PAM) ni homopolymer ya acrylamide cyangwa polymer copolymerized hamwe nabandi ba monomers.Polyacrylamide (PAM) nimwe muma polymers akoreshwa cyane.(PAM) polyacrylamide ikoreshwa cyane mugukoresha peteroli, gukora impapuro, gutunganya amazi, imyenda, ubuvuzi, ubuhinzi nizindi nganda.Nk’uko imibare ibigaragaza, 37% by’umusaruro rusange wa polyacrylamide (PAM) ukoreshwa mu gutunganya amazi y’amazi, 27% mu nganda zikomoka kuri peteroli, na 18% mu nganda z’impapuro.