Uses of copper
Amongst other things copper is used for:
electrical wiring. It is a very good conductor of electricity and is easily drawn out into wires.
domestic plumbing. It doesn't react with water, and is easily bent into shape.
boilers and heat exchangers. It is a good conductor of heat and doesn't react with water.
making brass. Brass is a copper-zinc alloy. Alloying produces a metal harder than either copper or zinc individually. Bronze is another copper alloy - this time with tin.
coinage. In the UK, as well as the more obvious copper-coloured coins, "silver" coins are also copper alloys - this time with nickel. These are known as cupronickel alloys. UK pound coins and the gold-coloured bits of euro coins are copper-zinc-nickel alloys.
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