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Copper alloy is often used in preference to pure copper due to its hardenss. Pure metals are usually soft and can be cut easily. They are not suitable for making any hard bodies. Therefore, alloys are used.
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Why does a pure metal have superior conductivity compared to an alloy?
Copper is a pure metal while kanthal is an alloy. An alloy is a material consists of mixture of two or more elements that are metals and nonmetals. Therefore, kanthal alloy is a metal with addition of some alloy elements such as iron, chromium and aluminum. The addition of alloy elements to pure metals caused additional scattering of the conducting electrons and thus increase the electrical resistivity of pure metals. As the temperature increases, the resistivity of copper increases while the resistivity of kanthal alloy decreases.
Why copper is an alloy?
copper is NOT an alloy, it is an elemental metal
Is solder an alloy of copper or iron?
It is an alloy of copper.
What is the alloy of copper and brass?
Brass is the alloy of copper and zinc.
What is an alloy of copper tin and steel?
They do not alloy. Copper and tin form bronze, but do not alloy with steel or iron.
How much of an alloy that is 10 percent copper should be mixed with 400 ounces of an alloy that is 70 percent copper in order to get an alloy that is 20 percent?
How much of an alloy that is 10% copper should be mixed with 400 ounces of an alloy that is 70% copper in order to get an alloy that is 20%
What is copper alloy?
Copper (symbol Cu) is not an alloy it is an element containing only atoms of copper.
What is a copper made out of?
Copper is mined as copper it is not an alloy
Brass is an alloy which contains...?
Bronze is principally an alloy of copper and tin. Brassis any alloy of copper and zinc.
Is copper a steel?
Copper is an element.Steel is a alloy.
How much of an alloy that is 40 percent copper should be mixed with 400 ounces of an alloy that is 70 percent copper in order to get an alloy that is 50 percent copper?
200 ounces.
Is steel a useful alloy of copper and tin?
steel is an alloy of iron and about 0.1%-0.3% carbon. bronze is an alloy of copper+ tin....( not steel)
