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    How Pure is Copper in Copper Wire?

    Anyone knows how pure is copper in copper wire？How to identify that? Thanks.

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    google is your friend

    "Copper is one of the few metals that finds most widespread use in the pure form"

    source : Copper.org: Innovations : The Metallurgy of Copper Wire

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    Quote Originally Posted by metalrecyclingmachine View Post
    Anyone knows how pure is copper in copper wire？How to identify that? Thanks.
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    we only produce machines for scrap copper recycling. I don't know the answer too. I searched for some information. It says the number is 99.99%. I am not sure whether it is real. If anyone here is the copper wire manufacturer, please kindly advise.
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    they do have such purity but generally, it should be around 99.9 +-... and if its baled up, with some dirt or dust, it might be slightly lower.... I took one new piece to test and maybe it could give u some idea...

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    What's the name of that piece of gadget that tells you copper purity. It's really nice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by yoni214 View Post
    What's the name of that piece of gadget that tells you copper purity. It's really nice.
    It looks like a higher end XRF analizer, not gun. A gun is handheld like a radar gun.

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