铝是有色金属的代表,用途极为广泛;基于其理化特性,用途正日趋扩大。现用于建筑材料、家庭用品、办公用品、电容器、电线、容器以及其它要求重量特别轻的物品等。作为合金亦被广泛利用,有铝锰合金,铝钛合金,铝青铜合金。但特别是铝台金对于制造飞机是不可缺少的。铝化合物还用予食品的加工、包装、保存以及作为不同目的的食 Aluminum is a non-ferrous metal representative, a very wide range of uses; based on its physical and chemical properties, uses are expanding. Now used in building materials, household products, office supplies, capacitors, wires, containers and other items requiring light weight and so on. As an alloy is also widely used, there are aluminum-manganese alloy, aluminum-titanium alloy, aluminum bronze alloy. But especially aluminum alloy is indispensable for the manufacture of aircraft. Aluminum compounds are also used to process, package, preserve, and serve different foods