Copper Meeting Modern Day Challenges

Copper and copper alloys have been in use since ages in different ways

. In olden days it was mainly used for making utensils. But now time has changed and so has the lifestyle and also our everyday needs, which has led copper to be use in many different ways. Coppers friendly characteristics have been utilized by using it in different areas. Its involvement can be noticed in house hold, offices, commercial and industrial buildings. Today, it is among many common metal which can be seen almost everywhere. Here is the list of its application:

65% of the copper produced is utilized for electrical application because it is a good conductor of electricity and has highest electrical conductivity than any metal. Copper is extensively used in wire, switches and, electromagnets & electrical relays.

Major part of this metal produced is also used in pipe water supplies. Its uses can be also seen in air conditioning systems and refrigerators.

Copper has the property of absorbing heat; this is why they are used to make computer heat sinks.

Microwave used in our day to day life also contain copper in the form of Magnetrons. It absorbs heat to increase the intensity of heat, keep the temperature maintained for longer time and allow it to regulate.

In computers, the metal is used in both vacuum tubes and cathode ray tubes. Reason is their good conductor feature and ability to retain heat.

Surprisingly, copper is also used in edible items like in fungicides and nutritional supplements. You might not know but human body also demands a little portion of copper as nutrition.

It is also a great water-proof roofing material. 25% of all the copper produced is utilized in buildings. Though, it has been used for the same purpose since ancient times, but today they are used in modern way like for plumbing, roofing and cladding. This metal provides light weighted, durable, naturally beautiful and maintenance-free structures that are fully recyclable.

Copper has another natural property of being antimicrobial which makes it suitable for creating hygienic surfaces in hospitals and healthcare facilities.

It is also widely use to create beauty structures and statues. For instance, the Statue of Liberty.

Shipbuilding is another domain where this metal plays an important role. It is combined with nickel to create corrosion tolerant features (inner and outer) of ship.

For lightning rods, this is used as the metal can attract lightning and cause the electrical current to be dispersed, so as to save important structure from lightening to strike and probably destroy.

Many other applications are there that proves the vitality of the copper. With so much and so varieties of uses, it seems like we could have never able to meet challenges of our daily life without copper.

by: anna

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