subject: Uses Of Aluminium Bars And Flat Bars [print this page] There are many uses for the very versatile aluminium, whether you prefer it in sheets, bars or other configurations. Aluminium bars are especially useful - as well as popular - and they can be found flat, square, or rounded in shape.
Aluminium is such a soft and malleable metal that many find useful for a wide assortment of applications. Its light weight and durability, along with the fact it is nonmagnetic, allow for use as a thermal as well as electrical conductor.
Aluminium's colour ranges from a rather dull grey to silvery and shiny, depending on how it has been treated. While aluminium is insoluble in alcohol, it is somewhat soluble in water when in certain forms. Aluminium is approximately one third as dense and stiff as steel is. It can also be easily cast, drawn, machined, and extruded.
One of the biggest benefits of aluminium is the fact it is highly resistant to corrosion due to the fact that a very thin surface layer of aluminium oxide will form once it is exposed to air. This prevents any further oxidation. Due to the galvanic reaction that happens in the much stronger aluminium alloys, these tend to be less corrosion resistant.
Aluminium bars and flat bars have been used in nearly every conceivable way over the years. Some uses for the many forms of aluminium include:
The transportation industry for manufacture of automobiles, railway cars, trucks, aircraft, marine vessels, and bicycles. In sheet, bar, flat bar, tube, and castings.
Packaging of many products in the form of cans or aluminium foil.
Many uses around the house including cooking utensils and flat ware.
Practical applications in sports and entertainment such as baseball bats and watches.
Construction finds many uses for aluminium among which are doors, windows, siding, and wiring.
Walking canes and poles, ships masts, street lighting posts, furniture, appliances.
Consumer electronics such as radios and televisions contain many aluminium parts.
Electric transmission lines which distribute power.
Certain magnets and photographic equipment cases.
Heat sinks for use in computer CPUs, transistors, and appliances.
LED lighting
Aluminium in powdered form is useful in paint and also pyrotechnics (solid rocket fuels and thermite).
The incomplete list above names but a few of the thousands of uses there are for aluminium in one form or another. Bars of aluminium are considered extremely strong while being light in weight and non corrosive enough that they are used extensively in house construction and have many industrial applications.
Aluminium in bar form, whether flat, rolled, or shaped has found many uses in construction as well as automobile manufacture. Train rail cars, boats and ships, the U.S. space program, along with many other application in the transportation industry have been greatly benefitted by the fact that aluminium is non corrosive and extremely light weight in comparison to other metals. The applications for aluminium in bar form are nearly endless and future uses will undoubtedly arise which we have no inkling of today.
