MINING
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INTERESTING FACTS
COPPER THROUGH HISTORY
COPPER PROPERTIES
• Malleability, which makes it possible to create various tools.
• Conductibility, ductility, heat-resistance, which make it the perfect material for conveying electric energy and for electronics.
• Flexibility and corrosion-resistance make it ideal for plumbing.
• Its unparalleled antimicrobial properties have made it an essential material for the healthcare industry: medical and hospital equipment.
• Its various properties, together with its high recyclability make it the perfect ally for environmental protection.
COPPER uses categories
ENERGY
• Safe transmission and
generation of electric energy
• Energy storage
• Distribution
• Substations
CLEAN ENERGY
• Wind and solar energy
(electric energy wind and
solar panels)
CONSTRUCTION
• Buildings
• Houses
• Industrial facilities
• Pipes
• Drinking water
• Rooftops
• Air conditioning and heating
• Window frames
• Cooling systems
• Surfaces for handrails and door handles
MANUFACTURING
• Household appliances
• Hybrid and electric cars
• Electric batteries
• Computers and peripherals
• Cell phones
• Microchips
• Engines
• Nets for fish and
seafood farms
TRANSPORATION
• Cars and trucks
• Railroad industry
• Aircrafts
• Maritime transportation
• Aerospace industry
HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY
• Medical and hospital equipment
(ventilators, hearing devices,
EEGs, MRIs)
AGRICULTURE
• Nets for fish and
seafood farms
CHEMICAL PRODUCTS
• Fertilizers
• Bactericides
• Pest control
CHEMICAL PRODUCTS
• With tin and zinc, it produces bronze
and other consumer products
• With zinc, it produces bras
LIFE WITH COPPER
Copper can be found throughout our regular daily routine. Let’s explore the beginning of a typical day and discover how copper enhances your life.
Your alarm clock with its brass bell brass gears, or, if it is electric, with copper wires in the motorl awakens you from a sound sleep.
Ahh the aroma of fresh coffee ground in a coffee mill by another electric motor wound with fine copper wirel wafts into your nose from the automatic coffee maker controlled by an electronic circuit board with copper components plugged with a copper wire into the kitchen wall socket made of copper ar brass connectors
You get out of bed from this shiny brass bed frame that has about 50 pounds of copper and zinc. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc! Bronze is one of a broad range of copper alloys, usually with tin as the main additive.
You reach over and turn on your computer. Yes, another device powered by electricity through copper wires and loaded with more copper connections carrying data between components. Even fiber-optic devices contain copper components that provide power and that convert the electrical signals into the light beams that travel along the glass fiber.