Copper

Usefulness

• make many parts in computers
• good condutor of electricity
• make bronze
• water pipes and plumbing
• wires in walls, pure copper wire
• been part of civilization for thousands of years
• Jewelry
• many pesticides are made with small amunts of Copper

Chemical properties,reactions,compounds, and alloys

• stable in air under normal conditions
• with heat, copper metal and oxygen react to form Cu2O, Copper i oxide
• Copper dissloves in dilute nitrite acid, HNO3, Nitric Acid
• Add Tin to Copper, makes Copper stronger
• Brass,Bronze, Gunmetals, and American coins (pennies) are alloys

Introduction

Physical Properties

• Copper
• History
• Physical properties
• Chemical properties
• How it is used

• 29 protons
• 36 neutrons
• 29 electrons
• Mass: 63.55
• Toxic
• Boiling point: 2,927 degrees celcius
• Melting Point: 1,084.62 degrees celcius
• Only silver has a higher electrical conductivity

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History

• Discovered by the ancients
• As old as Bronze ages
• People have used copper for over 10,00 years
• Element symbol (Cu) comes from Cuprum
• mined or extracted as copper sulfices

Fun Facts

The Statue of Liberty is made from 179,000 pounds of Copper

By:Stephanie Grimme

The average home contains 400 pounds of copper.

A car has 50 pounds of copper

Copper