金屬板材就跟分辨木工板、大芯板、多層板、膠合板、三合板、香禾板、刨花板、顆粒板、歐松板、奧松板一樣困難。

Metal plates are just as difficult to distinguish as carpentry board, large core board, Multilayer Board, Plywood, plywood, Parquet Board, particleboard, Particle Board, Osone Board, osone board.
鋁單板是指采用鋁合金板材為基材，鋁板生產廠家經過鉻化等處理后，再經過數控折彎等技術成型，采用氟碳或粉末噴涂技術，加工形成的一種新建筑裝飾材料。我們常說的木紋轉印鋁板、沖孔鋁板、仿石材鋁板、鏡面鋁板等等都是屬于這一類鋁板。

Aluminum Veneer is a kind of new building decoration material, which is made of aluminum alloy plate, chromified and shaped by numerical control bending technology, and sprayed by fluorocarbon or powder. We often say that wood grain transfer aluminum plate, punching aluminum plate, imitation stone aluminum plate, mirror aluminum plate, etc. are all belong to this class of aluminum plate.
鋁復合板是一個統稱，主要是指通過種種復雜的加工手段將經過化學處理的涂裝鋁板（鋁單板）作為表層材料，復合在適合的基層材料上，終形成鋁復合板。根據復合基層材料的不同，鋁復合板具有不同的材料特性。

Aluminum composite plate is a general term, mainly refers to a variety of complex processing means through the chemical treatment of coated aluminum (aluminum veneer) as a surface material, composite material in the appropriate base material, and finally formed aluminum composite plate. According to the different composite base material, aluminum composite plate has different material characteristics.

比如：常見的鋁塑板就是塑料+鋁單板的復合板材，既保留了塑料材料的特點，又通過金屬材料克服了塑料材料的不足。
另一種常見的鋁復合板就是蜂窩鋁板：它是蜂窩金屬+鋁單板構成的復合材料。鋁板生產廠家在保留了鋁單板的飾面性能特點外，通過蜂窩金屬結構基層極大程度的彌補鋁單板容易彎曲的缺點，在越來越多的大型空間場合中，為保證飾面材料的平整度，都會采用這種材料。

For example: the Common aluminum-plastic plate is plastic + aluminum veneer composite plate, both retained the characteristics of plastic materials, and through metal materials to overcome the lack of plastic materials. Another common type of aluminum composite is honeycomb aluminum: a composite of honeycomb metal and aluminum veneer. In order to ensure the flatness of the facing material in more and more large space occasions, the characteristics of the finishing performance of the aluminum veneer are retained, and the defects of the aluminum veneer bending easily are made up by the base of the honeycomb metal structure to a great extent, would have used this material.
普通鋁單板其構造主要由面板、加強筋和角碼組成，表面一般經過鉻化等處理后，再采用氟碳或粉末噴涂處理，一般分為二涂、三涂或四涂。

The structure of ordinary aluminum veneer is mainly composed of panel, reinforcing rib and Angle Code. The surface is usually chromed and then sprayed with fluorocarbon or powder.
鋁單板一般采用2~4mm厚的純鋁板或優質鋁合金板為基材來做表面處理，國內一般使用3.0mm厚的鋁合金板做為建筑外墻裝飾。

Aluminum veneer generally uses 2 ~ 4mm thick pure aluminum plate or high-quality aluminum alloy plate as the substrate to do surface treatment, the domestic general use 3.0 mm thick aluminum alloy plate as the building exterior wall decoration.
鋁單板樣板
鋁板生產廠家講到：氟碳涂層具有卓越的抗腐蝕性和耐候性，能抗酸雨、鹽霧和各種空氣污染物，耐冷熱性能極好，能抵御強烈紫外線的照射，長期保持不褪色、不粉化，使用壽命長。
所以這些看似復雜的處理方式也使得各大建筑紛紛采用鋁板來做為外幕墻而不是使用不銹鋼的主要原因之一。

As stated in the practical guide, the fluorocarbon coating has excellent corrosion resistance and weather resistance, resistance to acid rain, salt fog and various air pollutants, excellent cold and heat resistance, and resistance to intense ultraviolet radiation, long-term non-fading, non-powdering, long service life. So these seemingly complicated treatments are one of the main reasons why buildings are using aluminum sheets for exterior facades instead of stainless steel.