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Is wire made with pure copper

#59938 12/19/05 05:04 AM

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I have a stupid question for everyone. Is the copper in wiring made from pure copper (not accounting for negligible impurities), or is it an alloy of some sort?
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Is wire made with pure copper	PEdoubleNIZZLE	12/19/05 09:04 AM
Re: Is wire made with pure copper	renosteinke	12/19/05 03:00 PM
Re: Is wire made with pure copper	IanR	12/19/05 05:00 PM
Re: Is wire made with pure copper	SolarPowered	12/19/05 06:19 PM
Re: Is wire made with pure copper	Sandro	12/19/05 11:19 PM
Re: Is wire made with pure copper	LK	12/19/05 11:27 PM
Re: Is wire made with pure copper	jwhite	12/19/05 11:33 PM
Re: Is wire made with pure copper	CTwireman	12/19/05 11:59 PM
Re: Is wire made with pure copper	wa2ise	12/20/05 12:26 AM
Re: Is wire made with pure copper	NJwirenut	12/20/05 12:49 AM
Re: Is wire made with pure copper	JoeTestingEngr	12/20/05 01:26 AM
Re: Is wire made with pure copper	e57	12/20/05 02:03 AM
Re: Is wire made with pure copper	Tiger	12/20/05 02:11 AM
Re: Is wire made with pure copper	jwhite	12/20/05 06:50 PM
Re: Is wire made with pure copper	John Crighton	12/20/05 08:51 PM
Re: Is wire made with pure copper	renosteinke	12/21/05 01:42 AM
Re: Is wire made with pure copper	Larry Fine	12/21/05 03:10 AM
Re: Is wire made with pure copper	John Crighton	12/21/05 06:21 PM
Re: Is wire made with pure copper	dereckbc	12/22/05 04:32 AM

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