Copper
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| en: Copper – de: Kupfer – es: Cobre – fr: Cuivre – ja: 銅 – ru: Медь - tr: Bakır – uk: Купрум | |||
 symbol: Cu atomic number: 29 chemical series: transition metals |
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[edit] Miscellaneous
 Ankh, symbol for copper |
 alchemical symbol for copper |
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 copper nugget |
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 Prášková měď |
 Fosforečnan měďnatý - Cu3(PO4)2 |
 Oxid měďnatý - CuO |
 Foods rich in copper |
[edit] Flame test
 Flame test on copper sulphate |
 Flame test on copper sulphate seen through cobalt glass |
 The flame test carried out on a copper halide. |
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[edit] Copper extraction
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 Mineral copper |
 Native copper |
 Native copper etched to show crystals |
 Copper nugget |
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 Cuprite (copper ore) |
 Dissolved copper from deep underground cools to form the Primary orebody |
 Air or water oxidizes some of the orebody |
 Water enriches copper below the oxidized zone creating Secondary enrichment zone (violet) |
 The El Chino open-pit copper mine in New Mexico. |
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 Coppermine Chuquicamata, Chile |
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[edit] Products
 Copper ingot from Zakros, Crete |
 Repoussé from Tibet, 16th Century. |
 Treccia in rame. |
 Tubo in rame. |
 Tubo in rame. |
 Copper tube. |
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