Malleable and Ductile: Copper Wire Properties

Copper wires are the most used types of wires in electrical fittings as these have great electrical conductivity, malleability and ductility and very light in weight. All these properties are hard to find in any other metal for wiring. All the top quality cables are now made from copper wires. Owing to these copper wire properties these are extensively used in different industries like mining, telecommunication, electrical machinery, electrical power and transportation industry.

Mostly the enameled coated copper wires are used for various purposes of electrical, electronic and automobile industry. There is an ease of joining copper wire that no other wire has.

Romans used to call copper "the cupurum" because of its availability from the island of Cyprus. Copper is extracted from the ore with the process of pyrometallergical and hydrometallurgical. The former process supplies high grade copper which is then used to make wires. The copper content is more than 4%.

Copper: Cu
Moh's Hardness: 2.5 to 3
Specific Gravity: 8.2

Copper Wire Properties

Copper Wire Physical Properties

Conducting Electricity
Copper wire can conduct electricity and this property of conducting electricity comes next to silver. As silver is expensive so copper is a very good alternative. Brass and bronze cannot conduct electricity better than copper. Because of this property copper is used for electricity transport in the form of copper wires.