What are wire made out of?

Answer 1

A wire can be made of one or more of several different elements or compounds of elements. Some examples are: steel or copper or brass or silver or gold or platinum ...

Which materials are used to make a particular wire depends mainly on three factors:

• the physical strength
• the electrical conductivity and
• an affordable cost for the wire's intended use.

Answer 2

Wires are always made out of metal, usually copper for electricity. Pipes for electric wires are also made out of metal usually zinc plated steel. Pipes for other uses can be made of just about anything, Clay, plastic, wood,metal or glass.

Answer 3

Most wiring in the home is copper wire. In the 1970's, there were millions of houses wired with aluminium wire to save money, but the difficulty in using aluminium and the increased safety problems ended the practice.

High voltage transmission lines are are still made of aluminium because they do cost a lot less and the installation and maintenance is done by professional with special equipment and training to mitigate the problems of workability of the material.

Other metals, steel, gold, silver and zinc, are employed is limited and specialized circumstances.

Answer 4

Most small electrical wires are made of copper, but because of the cost, large electrical conductors are often made of aluminum. There are solutions available for the problems of joining copper and aluminum, and the use of aluminum can be expected to increase in many uses.

Wires for elevators and suspension bridges are usually of steel.

Answer 5

All sorts of metals.

Answer 6

usually copper

Answer 7

is it copper

Answer 8

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