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Why electrolysis is used to produce copper metal for electrical wiring?
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∙ 13y ago
Electrolysis is used in the production of copper metal, because the electric current is used to refine the copper and remove any impurities, without melting the ore, which uses a lot more energy.
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How do you purify copper sulphate?
By the method of electrolysisCopper is a good conductor of electricity, and is used extensively to make electrical wiring and components. The extraction of copper from copper ore is done by reduction with carbon, but the copper produced is not pure enough for use as a conductor, so it is purefied using electrolysis.
What element is used in wiring?
Copper is the cheapest and widely used element in wiring. Copper alloys are also used for the long run, increase flexibility and better handle of temperature changes.
Can copper conduct electricity in its solid form?
Yes. Metallic copper is one of the best of all conductors in solid form and therefore is commonly used for electrical wiring.
What mineral is in electrical wiring?
Copper is usually used as it is a very good conductor of electricity, easy to extrude into wire and reasonably priced.
Why is copper unique?
Copper is very good at conducting electricity, which is why its main economic use is electrical wiring. Only silver has a higher volumetric conductivity.Copper is also one of the few metals to appear regularly in nature in its pure "native state," unbound to any other elements.
What causes electrolysis in plumbing?
Electrolysis in plumbing affects the copper pipes used. If electrical wiring is installed too closely to copper water pipes, the electrical current running through the wiring charges to copper piping combined with the water and its properties causes electrolysis in the copper water pipes thereby weakening them.
What are the three use of copper?
Copper coins (though are more an alloy than pure copper nowadays), copper pipes in plumbing, copper plus tin and other metals to produce bronze. There is also the copper used to produce electrical wiring. There is even aluminium wires clad (coated) in a thin layer of copper for electrical use. The list could go on...!
How do you purify copper sulphate?
By the method of electrolysisCopper is a good conductor of electricity, and is used extensively to make electrical wiring and components. The extraction of copper from copper ore is done by reduction with carbon, but the copper produced is not pure enough for use as a conductor, so it is purefied using electrolysis.
How much electrical wiring is copper?
Copper holds a 92-percent market share of electrical wiring in building (8 percent aluminum).
Used in electrical wiring and pennies?
copper
What is copper use for in Puerto Rico?
Electrical wiring.
What material used for electrical wiring in cars?
Most automotive wiring is stranded copper.
What metals are used in wiring in a car?
Electrical auto wiring is almost all copper.
Why is gold not used as an electrical wiring?
Too expensive, it would be stolen (as it is there are people stealing copper electrical wiring, and copper is much cheaper than gold).
What are practical uses of copper?
The main use is in electrical wiring.
What is a reddish - orange element used for electrical wiring?
Copper
What element is a reddish-orange used for electrical wiring?
Copper
