Main uses of aluminum in the military

The chemical stability of aluminum is very good, so its application prospect is very broad. Aluminum is the second most abundant element after oxygen on earth, so its application prospect is very broad.

In the military field aluminum is mainly used for:

• 1.Aluminum alloy skins, aluminum structural parts, aluminum engine casings, aluminum wings, aluminum empennages, aluminum fuel tanks, etc. of aircraft.

• 2.Force-bearing structural parts of ships, such as hulls, large ship deckhouses, ship bridges, missile launchers, electromagnetic gun tracks, etc.

• 3.Soldiers carry water bottles, lunch boxes for individual rations, body armor, etc.

• 4.It is often loaded with mines, torpedoes, depth charges, anti-aircraft weapons, anti-tank armor-piercing and blasting bombs, aluminum-containing incendiary bombs, etc.