Copper in Combination with Other Metals

Copper wire has a large variety of application areas. It is used widely as alloys with other metals. Duralumin is one alloy of copper and aluminium. It is also known as duraluminium or dural. Key constituents of alloy are aluminium, copper, manganese as well as magnesium.

This metal is very light-weight, ductile, reflective as well as impervious. Since it is quite soft it can be converted into various shapes easily. This alloy of copper and aluminium wire is known to be a very good conductor of heat as well as electricity. It reacts with oxygen and forms a layer of aluminium oxide which like in case of copper prevents corrosion.

Copper can also be used with tin to form alloy such as bronze. Bronze is known to be hard as well as brittle and is utilized for a variety of purposes. Copper can also be coated with tin to create tin-coated wire. This variety of tin wire is known to be more durable and anti-corrosive. This kind of tin wire is used in a variety of applications including mine trains, buses, etc.

Copper clad aluminium wire is one variety of copper aluminium combination wherein aluminum wire is coated by a thing layer of copper wire. The primary use is for creating high-quality coils, like voice coils in headphones; they are also utilized in portable loudspeakers. Copper clad aluminium wire also has usage in RF antennas, CATV distribution cables, etc. Copper clad aluminium wire has a variety of uses in domestic as well as commercial domains. This type of wire is used to get rid of the problems that might occur in using aluminium wire.