H65 H80 Pure Copper Sheet Plate C1220 C2400 C2600 0.5 Mm

In addition to its historical uses in plumbing and decor, copper can be found in wiring, motors, hospital equipment, and industrial machinery. Copper sheets are made in a few steps that are:

• Mining of the Ore: Copper in its purest form is extremely difficult to come by in nature. It is usually found in copper ores in conjunction with other compounds. Various chemicals are used during processing to extract the copper and purify it to its purest form. Before it can be displayed in or on homes, these minerals have to go through a long process:

• Large amounts of copper are mined, with the greatest resources being found in the United States and Chile.
• Copper ore is the form in which the minerals are mined from the ground.
• Many other minerals and materials must be removed from these ores during the grinding and smelting process.
• In a huge furnace, the material is heated to extract pure copper that may be utilized to make products.

• Concentrating: The processing removes various non-copper-containing minerals, as well as large volumes of mud and debris in order to extract copper from the ore. The metal is concentrated using a slurry and flotation process after the waste material is removed. It goes through a smelting procedure once it has been cleaned and concentrated.
• Smelting: Smelting is a technique that removes sulfur and iron from copper through a series of chemical reactions. When copper concentrate is placed in a furnace, it mixes with a flux melt and collects at the bottom of the hot furnace. The majority of other metals, including iron, become highly concentrated and form slag, which is skimmed off the surface. Matte is the concentrated copper and other metals at the bottom of the furnace, which is purified to over 99 percent copper by weight in a second process called the converter.