All about the Discovery, Properties and Uses of Copper for Industrial and Everyday Applications

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, every American born in 2008 will use about 1,309 pounds of copper throughout their lifetime for necessities, lifestyles, and health. Despite the many uses of copper and its obviously critical role in everyday life, very few can be bothered to learn a thing or two about copper. Chances are the only copper most people know of are old coins and plumbing fixtures. Some don’t even know that the electrical wires crisscrossing their home are made of copper, too. Here’s to fill you in with other interesting facts about copper before you decide using it for your projects.

Discovery and Development

One of the reasons why copper is so popular is that it’s one of the first metals to be discovered and utilized, just next to gold and silver. The fact that it has better properties and therefore more uses than gold and silver expedited its popularity even more. In spite of this, it still took about 2000 years for ancient metallurgists to fully understand copper’s alloying qualities. At the time they’d already unearthed other metals, such as tin and zinc, and when they combined copper with tin, they were able to produce bronze for the first time. Read more from this blog: https://www.rotaxmetals.net/all-about-the-discovery-properties-and-uses-of-copper-for-industrial-and-everyday-applications/