The aluminum content generally does not exceed 11.5%, and sometimes appropriate amounts of iron, nickel, manganese and other elements are added to further improve performance. Aluminum bronze can be strengthened by heat treatment, its strength is higher than tin bronze, and its high temperature oxidation resistance is also better.

Aluminum bronze containing iron and manganese has high strength and wear resistance. It can increase hardness after quenching and tempering. It has good high temperature corrosion resistance and oxidation resistance. It is corrosion resistant in the atmosphere, fresh water and sea water Very good, machinability is acceptable, welding is not easy to braze, good pressure processing in hot state.

Aluminum bronze will not produce sparks under impact, and can be used to make non-sparking tool materials. It has excellent thermal conductivity and stable rigidity. As a mold material, it does not produce sticky mold or scratch the workpiece when stretching and calendaring stainless steel plate heat exchangers. It has become a new type of mold material. Aluminum bronze has a shape memory effect and has been developed as a shape memory alloy. Aluminum-bronze alloys are relatively cheap and have become part of the replacement for expensive metal materials, such as tin-bronze, stainless steel, and nickel-based alloys. It is precisely because of the excellent characteristics of aluminum bronze that it has become more and more popular and plays an important role in civil and military industries.