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Copper bas been Imd

amg Ibe remaios nl


nnmerllS aneienl
ei,ililalillS intl.ding
Eg,pl, Chiol, Iod
CIP"S (Ir.m wbicb Ihe
name Clpper is deri,ed).
C'PPtr is mosllikelg
Ibe lirsl mellllr.m
~bieb oselol objecls
were made.
Clpper, allmie sgmbol
CI, ~ abrlwlish'lld
melallic elemeullhal
has amide llIielg 01
usos. IIs mide range 01
uses is due 10 ils
adYlolageous pmperlies
like ils cooduclirilg ul
eleclricilq and heal,
lesislam 10 torrosioo,
malleabililq, dUclililg,
aod beaulg.
CIPPiI sunide, ae Ire
that mllins less Iban
11~ C1ppel is lilsl
cIIsbed lud
cmenlraled bq I
process called
"flotation",

The eoncenlrales are


Ihen smelted in a
lurnaee, yielding a
crude metallic copper
wilh apurity 01 98%,
flectrnlysis purilies Ihe
copper em lurther 10
bear copoer bars of
99,9~ purity

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