what is the best way to melt copper wire?
It also works with hot smoke i think
plastic as its the worst electrical conductor
Because plastic is Not Metal and the penny is.
We can assume the copper wire has reacted completely with excess sulfur being burned off when there is no longer any traces of yellow color sulfur in the crucible.
copper wire that is coated with tin
A copper wire is considered to be a homogeneous system.
Copper wire will undergo plastic deformation even though it does not break like steel wire.
because plastic is an insulator
No. Copper wire is made of the element copper. Tungsten wire is made of the element tungsten. Copper wire is made to conduct electricity. Tungsten wire is made for the filament in light bulbs as tungsten does not melt under even very high temperatures.
No, Plastic is not conductive! I other words plastic can not conduct electricity therefore it can not produce resistance, and resistance is what you need to produce heat. and that heat would melt the plastic. Now if you touch a "live" wire to metal and that metal was grounded ( for example to a cold water pipe) then you would be completing the circuit, then that piece of metal would heat up very rapidly and eventually melt! of-course the smart person would not do this but if you where not so smart be prepared to get burned!!!! BE SMART!!
The copper is a good conductor of electricity. While the insulating plastic covering of the wire prevents bare wires touching and creating a short, or shocking (electrocuting) a person should the bare wire be touched with bare hands.
I am building a house and recently burned a pile of scrap lumber. We found several nicely cleaned copper wires in the ashes and relized we had inadvertently thrown in a couple short lengths of plastic wrapped wiring. It was nicely cleaned and this method might work well for you if you are talking about a small volume of wire. Not very technical, but successful! I think the melting plastic could release harmful vapors so I wouldn't recommend doing this with large volumes of wire without addition research or comments from an expert! Good Luck! I am building a house and recently burned a pile of scrap lumber. We found several nicely cleaned copper wires in the ashes and relized we had inadvertently thrown in a couple short lengths of plastic wrapped wiring. It was nicely cleaned and this method might work well for you if you are talking about a small volume of wire. Not very technical, but successful! I think the melting plastic could release harmful vapors so I wouldn't recommend doing this with large volumes of wire without addition research or comments from an expert! Good Luck!
Just tried it, no you can't
plastic as its the worst electrical conductor
Because plastic is Not Metal and the penny is.
Sufficient heat can melt the plastic insulation surrounding copper wiring, and can also cause the wire itself to oxidize or become brittle. Any of these situations causes an unsafe, and even dangerous, condition in the wiring.
Plastic, copper wire, silicon chips, and various other materials.
No, copper wire cannot be used to make the filament of an electric bulb as copper wire has very low resistance. Therefore, the bulb will not glow if current is passed. It would also melt - the filament has to be white-hot to be any use!