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Is copper radioactive

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No isotope of copper ordinarily found in nature is radioactive. Like all elements, synthetic radioactive isotopes of copper exist.

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It depends. There are over 20 isotopes (types) of copper. Most of them are radioactive, but also quite rare. So any copper an average person would see would not be radioactive.

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