What are uses of Copper?

Question

I'm having troube finding uses of Copper for a Science report in school.

Answer 1

"Copper is malleable and ductile, a good conductor of heat and, when very pure, a good conductor of electricity.

It is used extensively, in products such as:

Electronics:
Copper wire.
Electromagnets.
Electrical machines, especially electromagnetic motors and generators.
Electrical relays, electrical busbars and electrical switches.
Vacuum tubes, cathode ray tubes, and the magnetrons in microwave ovens.
Wave guides for microwave radiation.
Integrated circuits, increasingly replacing aluminium because of its superior electrical conductivity.
As a material in the manufacture of computer heatsinks, as a result of its superior heat dissipation capacity to aluminium.

Copper roof on the Minneapolis City HallStructural Engineering:
Statuary: The Statue of Liberty, for example, contains 179,200 pounds (81.3 tonnes) of copper.
Alloyed with nickel, e.g. cupronickel and Monel, used as corrosive resistant materials in shipbuilding.
Watt's steam engine.
Household Products:
Copper plumbing fittings and compression tubes.
Doorknobs and other fixtures in houses.
Roofing, guttering, and rainspouts on buildings.
In cookware, such as frying pans.
Most flatware (knives, forks, spoons) contains some copper (nickel silver).
Sterling silver, if it is to be used in dinnerware, must contain a few percent copper.
Copper was sometimes used by the Inuit to make the cutting blade for ulus.
Copper water heating cylinders
Coinage:
As a component of coins, often as cupronickel alloy.
Euro coins contain different copper alloys
U.S. Pennies are 2.5% copper by weight (Balance zinc 97.5%).
U.S. Nickels are 75.0% copper by weight (Balance nickel 25.0%).
U.S. Dimes are 91.67% copper by weight (Balance nickel 8.33%).
U.S. Quarters are 91.67% copper by weight (Balance nickel 8.33%).
Biomedical applications:
As a biostatic surface in hospitals, and to line parts of ships to protect against barnacles and mussels, originally used pure, but superseded by Muntz Metal. Bacteria will not grow on a copper surface because it is biostatic. Copper doorknobs are used by hospitals to reduce the transfer of disease, and Legionnaire's Disease is suppressed by copper tubing in air-conditioning systems.
Copper(II) sulfate is used as a fungicide and as algae control in domestic lakes and ponds. It is used in gardening powders and sprays to kill mildew.
Copper-62-PTSM, a complex contaning radioactive copper-62, is used as a Positron emission tomography radiotracer for heart blood flow measurements.
Chemical applications:
Compounds, such as Fehling's solution, have applications in chemistry.
As a component in ceramic glazes, and to color glass.
Catalysis:
Used in the Water gas shift reaction which converts carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide.
Steam reforming which extracts hydrogen from hydrocarbons.
Others:
Musical instruments, especially brass instruments and cymbals.
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Answer 2

Copper is good conductor of heat
-can be used for cooking utensils
-electric field like wiring, motor rotors,

Answer 3

copper is a good conduct of electricity
-used in pot for cooking
-vacuum tube
-electricity fence
-electric bell

Answer 4

A moonshine steel
Copper Piping
Gas

Excellent site here: http://web1.caryacademy.org/chemistry/rushin/StudentProjects/ElementWebSites/copper/uses_of_copper.htm

Answer 5

Copper pipes.

Answer 6

electrical wiring
making the traces on a circuit board
pennies
house hold pots and pans...on the bottom to spread out heat
large electrical switches

Answer 7

copper wiring is used in generators, starters, motors and other electrical components
it is wildly used also on roofs and gutters

Answer 8

...catching criminals?