摘要   电气石复杂的化学组成和特殊的晶体结构使其具有独特的性质，如压电性、热电性及自发极化性，能发射红外线、释放负离子、产生生物电等，因而在医疗保健、环保等领域有着广泛的用途和良好的发展前景。主要对电气石的结构、性质、制备及应用现状进行了综合论述。
    关键词    电气石 结构 性质 应用  

Structure, Properties and Applications of Tourmaline
XU Wenhua，LU Yupeng，ZHAO Guangfeng，XU Zhongjie，WANG Aijuan，XIAO Guiyong
( School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Ji’nan 250061)

    Abstract    With the very complex chemical composition and special crystal structure, tourmaline obtains excellent and unique characteristics, such as piezoelectricity, pyroelectricity and spontaneous polarization, emission of infrared ray, release of negative ions, and generation of bioelectricity and so on. Therefore, it has wide uses and favorable development prospect in the fields of medical treatment, health protection and environment protection and so on. The structure, properties, fabrication methods and current status of application of the tourmaline are mainly reviewed.  
    Keywords     tourmaline, structure, property, application