COPPER
BASIC INFORMATION
- Element name- copper
- Symbol- Cu
- Atomic number- 29
- Atomic weight- 63.546
- Group- 11
- Period- 4
- Color- Orange yellow, burnt orangish
- Classification- Metallic
HISTORY
Place and date of discovery is not known; known since ancient times.
USES
Wires, pennies, coinage wire.
DESCRIPTION
Bright metallic luster, malleable, ductile, and a good conductor of head and electricity.
BIOLOGY
Essential for all life, but only in small amounts.
GEOLOGY
Sometimes found as a free element and is present in many minerals
PROPERTIES
The melting point is 1,984
INTERESTING FACTS
Copper metal is stable in air under normal conditions. At read heat, copper metal and oxygen react to form Cu2O.