本报告从设计师的角度探讨材料选择过程。信息以一种旨在引导用户完成一系列决策步骤的格式呈现。强调“应用标准”以及工程和制造数据，以便评估铝在特定应用中的优点，并选择合适的合金和回火。

This report approaches the material selection process from the designer's viewpoint. Information is presented in a format designed to guide the user through a series of decision-making steps. "Applications criteria" along with engineering and manufacturing data are emphasized to enable the merits of aluminum for specific applications to be evaluated and the appropriate alloys and tempers to be chosen.