copper

2. Cu 3. 29 4. 63.456 5. Solid 6. The Latin name for copper is cuprum.- [|http://www.encyclocentral.com/Element_][|W][|ith_Greek_Name_Cuprum-tags.html] 7. Copper can be used for electrical conductors, jewlry, coins and plumbing. http://www.chemicalelements.com/elements/cu.html 8. According to new studies, copper can prevent infections and diseases. http://www.copper.org/ 9. Ancient civilizations. 10. The Romans obtained most of their copper by sailing to the islad Cyprus (where it's name came from). http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele029.html 11. Copper is a bronze metal that can be in the form of sheet metal, wires, buckets, trophies and many other items. 12. Copper can be found in nature and sometimes associated with sulfur. There are mutliple stages where it begins in low grade concentration, and followed by smelting and electrolytic refining produced by acid leaching of oxidized ores. http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/copper/ 13.Copper oxide, cuprous chloride, cupric nitrate http://www.copper.org/applications/compounds/other_compounds.html 14. Oxygen. http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0022-3719/10/12/010 15. Cu-63 and Cu-65 which are studied for metlabolism and gastrointestinal diseases. http://www.webelements.com/copper/isotopes.html. 16. I already posted a picture of copper above, but here are two other pictures of copper in different forms.
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