COPPER

INTRODUCCTION

Mining was always present in my life since my childhood, I grew up and lived in the
mining environment and so my love for minerals was born and since then I decided to
study the mining engineering career, since it is very interesting from the academic point
of view and economic.

Copper is more attracted to all metals because it is a very versatile and irreplaceable metal
at the moment although in the future its possible substitute is graphene, but even if it is a
very interesting metal

DEVELOPMENT:

Copper is a transition metal, bright and reddish in color, characterized by being one of
the best known conductors of electricity (after silver). If we add to this its lightness, high
malleability, ductility and economic price, we will have one of the most suitable elements
for the manufacture of tools, packaging, electrical and electronic parts, and many other
industrial uses.

This is why copper was one of the first elements to be used by the prehistoric human
being, which discovered its usefulness in alloy with tin, so much so that the Copper Age
is called the Calcolytic or Eneolithic period (which goes from the Bronze Age Neolithic)
of human history

Copper has the following physicochemical properties:


It has a bright reddish color, except in alloys with other metals. When exposed to
air, salmon red is shown, until a violet-colored cuprous oxide (Cu2O) layer is
formed. It can eventually blacken as cupric oxide (CuO) is formed
  Huge thermal and electrical conductivity, only surpassed by silver (Ag). It is also
resistant to corrosion and oxidation. It does not respond well to magnetic forces
or fields (it is diamagnetic).
 It is economical and can be recycled indefinitely. It is extremely ductile and
malleable, so it can be easily machined: make thin sheets or threads, since it is a
soft meta

Uses and applications of copper

Copper is the third most consumed metal in the world today, after iron and aluminum,
since its applications in the electrical, electronic and steel industry are very numerous.
Some of the most common are:

 Electrical, electronics and telecommunications. Copper is used as an electrical

conductor in the manufacture of electrical and coaxial cables, as well as inside
generators, motors and electrical transformers. Also, integrated circuits and
numerous components of contemporary computer systems require copper for their
manufacture

 Transport. Numerous motor vehicles require copper for their parts and spare parts,
such as radiators, brakes and bearings, in addition to the necessary wiring for
electrical components. It is also used in alloys to make parts of the hull of ships

 Manufacture of coins. Most of the world's currencies are made of copper in

various alloys with nickel, tin and other metals, such as aluminum or bronze
CONCLUSION:

 copper is the only metal recicalbe

 It is one of the metals with the highest demand
 Our country exports more than 80 percent of copper to China
 the cerro verde mining company is leading in the production of copper in our
country with a 19.8 percent

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 https://concepto.de/cobre/#ixzz5w5dgSKVw
 http://www.minem.gob.pe/minem/archivos/file/Mineria/PUBLICACIONES/VA
RIABLES/2019/BEMjun2019.pdf