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Copper is becoming hard to find and soon will be unable to use copper, so instead plastic should be used to make pipes, copper is very hard and strong this is why using them for pipes has been good and the discovery has been important, because copper is a good thermal, electrical conductor that is touth and can easily be joined.

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