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Copper is everywhere - take a minute and look around you, it's in what you see and often in what you don't see. It's behind the walls of your home, in electrical and telephone wiring. It's in computers, refrigerators, microwaves and automobiles.
The average home today contains about 400 pounds of copper for electrical wiring, water pipes and appliances, while the automobile you drive contains about 50 pounds. Each child born today in America will need 1500 pounds of copper in the course of his or her lifetime to enjoy our current standard of living.
Copper is the most versatile and durable of all metals and has been called "man's eternal metal". Copper is malleable, ductile and long lasting. Copper is a better conductor of heat and electricity than any other metal except silver. Without copper, there might never have been an electric light or space flight. This miraculous mineral and its alloys are at the heart of all technology, from telecommunications to transportation.
Copper Consumption - Copper and copper alloy products used in building construction, such as electrical wire and power cables, water pipes, Plumbing fixtures, roofing materials and brass furnishings account for 40% of the annual consumption of copper. Electric and electronic products account for 25%; industrial machinery and equipment account for 12%; transportation equipment uses 13% and consumer and general products account for 10%.
Did you know? - When zinc is alloyed with copper, brass is made. And when tin is alloyed with copper, bronze is made. Both brass and bronze are stronger than pure copper and do not corrode in air or water except for a small amount of tarnishing.
Home Furnishings - Your refrigerator, dishwasher,microwave, washing machine and clothes dryer are just a few of the laborsaving devices in your home that contain copper. Entertainment components such as your VCR, television, stereo and computer equipment are all dependent upon copper. Copper is alloyed with zinc to form brass, which increases the strength and castability, imparts an appealing golden color, and is used in door knobs, light fixtures and home décor furnishings.
Did you know? - Today's U.S. coins, dimes, quarters and half dollars have a solid copper core and an outer layer of a copper-nickel alloy.
Copper Fact - The Statue of Liberty contains 179,000 pounds of copper. After one hundred years of enduring biting sea winds, driving rains and the beating sun, the copper skin of the Statue of Liberty not only has grown more beautiful, it has remained virtually intact. The weathering and oxidation of the copper skin has amounted to just .005 of an inch in a century.
Copper's Future - One of copper's major advantages is that it is recyclable. In North America alone, approximately one half of the copper consumed annually comes from recycled material. Copper's recycle value is so great that premium-grade scrap has at least 95% of the value of primary copper from newly mined ore.
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What are some intresting facts about copper?
coins used to be made of copper and people used to melt them down and sell them as lumps of copper because they could make money from this because the copper coins were worth less as coins than as just lumps of copper because copper was fairly expensive
What are important facts about copper?
AnswerCopper was used by the ancients to forge weapons and tolls of everyday life it can be used to make bronze a stronger version of copper it is now used for heating and electrical equipment
What is the correct name for CuS?
CuSO4 copper sulfateCuSO3 copper sulfiteCuS copper sulfideCuSO unknown, rather impossible copper-sulfur compound
What are the compounds of copper?
There are many e.g. CuO, CuCO3 CuSO4 and Copper Phthalocyanine which is an important blue pigment used in blue paints and inks.
What metals are not silver gray in color?
Copper and gold.
Facts about copper?
See the link below.
What are some interesting facts about copper?
Copper is a better conductor of heat and electricity than any other metal except silver
What is facts about copper?
Copper is the element named under CU on the periodic table it is a good cunductor of electricity : . It has 29 disitinct isotopes in atomic mass. . it can be found as a native copper . . copper is comonly* encountered in everyday life. Commonly *
What are some intresting facts about copper?
coins used to be made of copper and people used to melt them down and sell them as lumps of copper because they could make money from this because the copper coins were worth less as coins than as just lumps of copper because copper was fairly expensive
Give facts about copper?
Copper is a native elemental mineral. The main ore of copper is bornite. Copper is malleable. Copper is redish-brown in color, It's atomic number is 29 and its atomic mass is 63.55. Copper is a very good conductor of electricity that is why it is commonly used in wiring. Copper's atomic symbol is Cu and it has been used for more than 10,000 years
What country is the world's leading producer of copper?
It is Chile that is the world's largest producer of copper, mining some 35 percent of the world output. The US (a net copper importer), Indonesia and Peru are the second, third and fourth largest producers. Use the link below to check these facts and learn more about copper.
What is the worlds leading copper producing country?
It is Chile that is the world's largest producer of copper, mining some 35 percent of the world output. The US (a net copper importer), Indonesia and Peru are the second, third and fourth largest producers. Use the link below to check these facts and learn more about copper.
What are to facts about the uses of copper?
You can make a pop out knife with it and that people use it as pipes even though they can be poisoned by it. Treble Slur
What are some facts about Arizona?
* Camels were once used for transportation in Arizona. * The copper in the Capital dome is equal to the weight of 4,800,000 pennies.
What are facts about tungsten?
-Highest melting point of any metal -It's hypo-allergenic -Toxic to life, interferes with copper metabolism in the body
What are facts about wheat?
i know they were made from 1909-1959, and contain a valuable 95% copper. some people melt pennies and turn them into ''copper nuggets'' because the metal used for a coin is worth more than 1 cent
What country is the world's leading produce of lead?
It is Chile that is the world's largest producer of copper, mining some 35 percent of the world output. The US (a net copper importer), Indonesia and Peru are the second, third and fourth largest producers. Use the link below to check these facts and learn more about copper.
