Copper wire is also known as pure copper wire, it is a relatively pure kind of copper, generally can be approximately considered to be pure copper, its conductivity, plasticity are better, but its strength, hardness and slightly worse. Common brass is a kind of copper containing other alloy components, the price is different than copper, electrical conductivity and plasticity is a little bit higher than copper, but the strength and hardness are higher, so, as the main raw materials of the cable industry, is it good to use copper wire or brass wire?

Copper wire density is 7.83g/cm3, melting point is 1083 degrees Celsius, copper content of 99.9%, it is non-magnetic, has good electrical and thermal conductivity and corrosion resistance, toughness, because of its appearance of purple and named. Chinese copper processing materials can be divided into ordinary copper, oxygen free copper, deoxidized copper, special copper with a small amount of alloying elements.

The electrical and thermal conductivity of copper wire is second only to silver, widely used in the manufacture of conductive and thermal equipment, in the atmosphere, seawater and some non-oxidizing acid, alkali, salt solution and a variety of organic acids, has good corrosion resistance, used in the chemical industry. In addition, it also has good weldability, can be cold, thermoplastic processing into a variety of semi-finished products and finished products, in the 1970s, the product of red copper exceeded the total output of other kinds of copper alloys.

The density of brass wire is 8.93g/cm3, mostly used for mechanical bearing lining, wear-resistant, its density is greater than copper wire, copper alloy with zinc as the main alloying element, about 60% copper, about 40% zinc, is impurity, because of the yellow name.

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