美国国家实验室科研人员1981年宣布:推动轿车所需的铝-空气电池已经问世,这种电池所需的“燃料”是地球上最富有的金属材料——铝。另外对“燃料”铝产生热能也作了研究。实际上铝本身并不产生电,但当其与某种化学物质结合受到腐蚀时就可生成电能。这正象木材和煤燃烧时产生热能一样。铝与某种物质结合时,铝也会“燃烧”,这样产生的热能比其生成的电能更高。但是,使铝“燃烧”的铝 National Laboratories researchers announced in 1981 that the aluminum-air battery needed to power cars was available and that the “fuel” needed for such batteries was aluminum, the richest metallic material on the planet. In addition to the “fuel” aluminum heat has also been studied. In fact, aluminum itself does not generate electricity, but it generates electricity when it is combined with a chemical that is corroded. This is just as wood produces the same heat as coal burns. When aluminum is combined with a substance, aluminum also “burns”, generating more thermal energy than it generates. But aluminum that “burns” aluminum