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What are the advantages and disadvantages of copper?
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Advantages of Copper:
The outstanding characteristics of copper, which apply also to copper P/M parts, are high electrical and thermal conductivities, ductility and corrosion resistance. Many applications of copper and copper alloy P/M parts are based on these characteristics.
Copper powder with a purity of more than 99% copper is available commercially, and parts produced from these powders have electrical conductivities of 80% to 95% IACS as pressed and sintered. Higher conductivities, approaching 100% IACS can be achieved by further densification. High electrical conductivity also means high thermal conductivity. Thus, copper P/M parts have a significant advantage for the production of electronic and electrical components, where electrical or thermal conductivity is an essential attribute.
Copper is a very ductile and malleable metal. Parts produced from copper and copper alloy powders also have excellent ductility. The elongation of pressed and sintered P/M copper, brass and nickel silver parts ranges up to 35% in one inch.
Copper and copper-base alloys are resistant to a wide variety of corrosive environments. P/M parts produced from copper, bronze, brass, nickel silver and copper-nickel have corrosion resistance properties essentially equivalent to
Disadvantages
Although copper pipes are superior in almost all ways to galvanized steel pipes, there are places were PEX and CPVC pipes surpasses copper. Although copper costs less the steel, it costs more than plastic. Copper pipes also encounter problems from water acidity, so they are not good to install for plumbing systems that draw water from a well.
Copper is flexible as far as metals go, but plastic pipes can bend to fit into almost any space necessary.