自1820年代電磁鐵電報被發明以來,一直是電線生產所需的原材料。[1][2] 1876年電話的發明使得人們對銅線的需求不斷增加。 [3]

銅線
銅纜
由銅製成的同軸電纜

銅是在電線中充當電導體[3][4]發電輸電配電電信電爐電子電路和無數類型的電氣設備中都要用到銅線[5]。建築物中的電線對銅工業來說是最重要的市場。[6]大約一半被開採的銅用於製造電線。[5]

參考文獻

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  2. ^ Windelspecht, Michael, 2003, Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the 19th Century, XXII, Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0-313-31969-3
  3. ^ 3.0 3.1 Pops, Horace, 2008, Processing of wire from antiquity to the future, Wire Journal International, June, pp 58-66
  4. ^ The Metallurgy of Copper Wire (PDF). [2013-06-07]. (原始內容 (PDF)存檔於2013-09-01). 
  5. ^ 5.0 5.1 Joseph, Günter, 1999, Copper: Its Trade, Manufacture, Use, and Environmental Status, edited by Kundig, Konrad J.A., ASM International Vol. 2.03, Electrical Conductors
  6. ^ Copper, Chemical Element - Overview, Discovery and naming, Physical properties, Chemical properties, Occurrence in nature, Isotopes. Chemistryexplained.com. [2013-06-01]. (原始內容存檔於2013-06-16).