answersLogoWhite

0

How you get copper out of the ground?

Updated: 9/18/2023
User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago

Best Answer

Digging

Hard rock mining

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: How you get copper out of the ground?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Continue Learning about Chemistry

What elements are in ground?

Nitrogen,iron,aluminium,sulphur,copper,magnesium,zinc,etc. are found in the ground.


How is the copper ore extracted from the ground?

Strip-mining is the most common method for removing copper ore from the ground. See related questions and links to learn more about strip mining.


How is copper normally found in the ground?

In ores. Copper ores are found in various parts of the world. Copper can be found as a metal in the ground. Normally, it is green on the outside. Most copper is not as a metal but in chemical compounds. Chalcopyrite is the most common copper ore. It is a mixture of pyrite and copper sulfide. Copper is found in small amounts in living things. Some mollusks and arthropods have blue blood because they have copper in their blood. Animals such as humans and other mammals have red blood because it contains iron. Copper is purified by electrolysis. Electricity is passed through solutions containing copper compounds, such as copper sulfate - sometimes spelt sulphate. Pure copper forms on the negative electrode.


What is the ground state electron configuration for silicon and what is the actual ground state electron configuration for copper?

The expected ground-state electron configuration of copper is ; however, the actual configuration is because a full dsubshell is particularly stable. There are 18 other anomalous elements for which the actual electron configuration is not what would be expected.


Where copper comes from?

Copper is mined from the ground. It is in pretty much all natural soil, though some deposits are richer in copper than others.

Related questions

Is a copper wire a ground wire?

Yes, if it is not an insulated wire. If it is bare copper it is always ground. But the hot and neutral wire are also copper, they are just insulated.


Were do you find copper?

In the ground really


What is the origen of copper?

Copper is an element. It is a natural mineral found in the ground. It is extracted from the ground by mining similar to the mining of gold or iron.


What if the light fixture has two copper house wires?

If you mean 2 bare copper wires those are the ground wires. Tie them together and then connect the light fixture ground wire which will be green or bare copper to those ground wires.


Why does an electrical circuit have a copper wire?

If you mean a bare copper wire, that is the "ground" wire.


Where was copper originally found?

As nuggets, on the ground.


What size ground wire should I use for a 50 amp hot tub panel?

# 10 bare copper.


What is meant by the ground in an electric circuit?

The ground in an electric circuit is the brown copper wire.


What size cold water ground for a 200 amp residential service?

#4 bare copper connected to two 8' copper ground rods 6" apart driven into the ground.


Can you use soldered copper joints under ground?

No.


What is the first step in processing copper?

Extracting it from the ground.


How do you connect a electrical outlet at home?

Black wire to copper screw, white wire to silver screw, bare copper ground wire to green ground screw.