A unique combination of properties makes aluminium and its alloys one of the most versatile engineering and construction materials available today. Here at Gooding Aluminium, we think that Aluminium is incredible stuff, and are therefore discussing the main advantages.

Aluminium is a unique metal with a positive image that naturally appeals to the professional specifier and installer. This incredibly versatile material, when combined with its alloys, can be folded, formed, machined or worked using a wide range of processes.

Thanks to these excellent material properties, aluminium has become widely used within an extensive variety of architectural and related applications.

Advantages of aluminium:

Lightweight, aluminium is one of the lightest available commercial metals with a density approximately one third that of steel or copper. It has a high strength to weight ratio which makes it particularly important to transportation industries.

Corrosion Resistance, due to the thin layer of aluminium oxide which forms on the surface of aluminium when it is exposed to air, aluminium has an excellent corrosion resistance.

Aluminium can be left in the mill finished condition in many applications, if additional protection or decorative finishes be required then the aluminium can either be anodised or painted.

Strength, the mechanical properties of pure aluminium can be markedly increased by the addition of alloying elements and tempering. In order to help suit your needs better, you can choose the alloy with the most suitable characteristics for your application.

Easy Surface Treatment, aluminium requires no protective or decorative coating in many applications; the surface supplied is entirely adequate without further finishing.

Mechanical finishes such as polishing, embossing, sand blasting or wire brushing meet a variety of needs. Where the plain aluminium surface does not suffice, a wide variety of surface finishes are available to suit. Chemical, electrochemical and paint finishes are all used.

Non-magnetic, aluminium has non-magnetic properties which make it useful for electrical shielding such as busbar or magnetic compass housings. Other applications include computer disks and parabolic antennas.

Non-toxic, the fact that aluminium is essentially non-toxic was discovered in the early days of the industry. It is this characteristic which enables the metal to be used in cooking utensils without any harmful effect on the body.

These are some of the most important characteristics that give aluminium its extreme versatility.

Almost daily, unique combinations of these properties are being put to work in new ways.

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