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The typical household plug is made from

pins: brass

reason: cheap, wear and corrosion resistant and a good conductor (not compared to gold/silver/plat/copper)

process: forging/casting (not sure)

housing: ABS or PVC

reason: cheap, easy to colour, corrosion resistant, easy to clean, hard wearing

made

process: injection molding.

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The three pin plug is made from the following components;

Conductors

The pins are made from brass (copper and zinc alloy) and can be extruded or forged with a secondary process to drill and tap the holes for the screw.

The fuse element is made from drawn copper.

The fuse clip is made from copper.

The fuse ends are made from copper.

Insulators

The plug casing can be injection moulded or compression moulded and is normally made from urea formaldehyde or phenol formaldehyde.

The cord grip is made from nylon.

The pin sheath is made from PVC.

The fuse body is made from a ceramic known as alumina.

The cable grip screws and the main screw are made from steel whilst the pin screw is made from brass.

The following sites were used in gathering this information.

http://www-materials.eng.cam.ac.uk/mpsite/plug/non_IE/page1.html

http://www.edexcel.com/migrationdocuments/GCE%20New%20GCE/Exemplar-Commentaries-Graphics.pdf

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The 3 Pin Plug Could Be Made Of Plastic, Metal, Copper, That Sort Of Materials. lol you fish

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Hot Side, Neutral side, & a Ground Terminal

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