Corrosion Resistance - Refers to the metals ability to resist corrosion resulting from exposure to natural conditions or chemial solutions.

Formability - Refers to the metals capacity to be stretched or drawn before splitting occurs.

Strength - Refers to the metal's ability to remain elastic under stress. The point where the metal becomes brittle and fails or breaks is referred to as tensile strength.

Thermal Conductivity - Refers to a metal's ability to contain heat. This is measured by the quantity of heat that passes from one side of a piece of metal through to the other side when heat is applied to the original side. For example, If one side of a piece of metal is heated, how much of that heat passes through to the metal's other side.