Updated November 11, 2005

Copper is a metal often used as a conducting material. Telephone companies actually used to make ton of money by sending voice over thin copper wires, believe it or not!

Formula or Composition:	Cu
Bulk Resistivity:	1.673 -cm
Temperature Coefficient of Resistivity (TCR):	3930 ppm/°C*
Mass Density:	8.92 gram/cc
Heat Capacity:	385.2 J/kg/°C
Thermal Conductivity (k):	416 W/m°C
Temperature Coefficient of Expansion (TCE):	16.6 PPM/°C
Melting Point, °C:	1083 °C
Melting Point, °F:	1981 °F

* Recent correction to table. Tempco value is at 20 degrees C (it's a slight function of temperature).