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Are copper wires and not steel wires used in electric circuits although both copper and steel are electrical conductors?
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∙ 12y ago
Steel is not used as an electrical conductor because, although it is a conductor, it's not a very good conductor -as is copper and aluminium, for example. A steel-wire core is used, however, to reinforce aluminium conductors on transmission tower lines
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