Copper
Copper is a vital part of living today. Copper is used in homes to deliver electricity as well as clean water. Even more importantly it is for life itself. Copper nutrition is very important to pregnant women, and their unborn child. Copper enhances bone strength, red and white blood cell maturation, iron transport, cholesterol and glucose metabolism, heart muscle contraction and brain development. It is also known for its reported “healing powers” and its abilities to help fight infection. Copper is proven to improve production of hemoglobin, myelin, collagen, melanin, and the absorption of iron. Copper is also an antioxidant used to seek out free radicals in the body. This works especially well when combined with vitamin C. Free radicals …show more content…
Copper and its alloys, bronze and brass was the first metal used by mankind. The earliest users of copper found that it was easy to hammer it into sheets which made it easy to make other shapes. The ability to resist corrosion ensured that copper, bronze and brass remained as functional as well as decorative materials during the Middle Ages.Valuable copper and bronze articles were traded across the world for cloth, furs and food. This led to an improvement in living standards. Copper became a big part of trading in Britain with the Bronze Age. The Bronze Age, which began in 2000 BC. Is the period of time between the Stone Age and the iron age. The name comes from the material that tools and weapons were made of. People would trade copper and tin to others who only had one or the other in order to make …show more content…
A child born today will use approximately 1,750 pounds of copper during his or her lifetime in housing, transportation, electrical use and consumer products everything from cellphones to tablets to computers to vehicles. Copper is a critical resource important to our future as we continue to find new uses for copper, from helping to build renewable sources of energy to enhancing medical devices. Copper is used in diverse ways in many areas of life. Copper is a great electrical conductor and so it is used in electrical wiring and electronics. Copper is also highly resistant to the damage of water and other elements, so it is frequently used in construction. Copper has medical uses as well because bacteria will not grow on it. It is said that the amount of copper a nation uses is a good indicator of how technologically advanced the nation is. In the 1800’s America was importing more than 50% of the copper it used. Today America is 100% self-sufficient, but the demand for copper is growing. There is always a need to open new mines and provide this necessary mineral for our future
Copper is a vital part of living today. Copper is used in homes to deliver electricity as well as clean water. Even more importantly it is for life itself. Copper nutrition is very important to pregnant women, and their unborn child. Copper enhances bone strength, red and white blood cell maturation, iron transport, cholesterol and glucose metabolism, heart muscle contraction and brain development. It is also known for its reported “healing powers” and its abilities to help fight infection. Copper is proven to improve production of hemoglobin, myelin, collagen, melanin, and the absorption of iron. Copper is also an antioxidant used to seek out free radicals in the body. This works especially well when combined with vitamin C. Free radicals …show more content…
Copper and its alloys, bronze and brass was the first metal used by mankind. The earliest users of copper found that it was easy to hammer it into sheets which made it easy to make other shapes. The ability to resist corrosion ensured that copper, bronze and brass remained as functional as well as decorative materials during the Middle Ages.Valuable copper and bronze articles were traded across the world for cloth, furs and food. This led to an improvement in living standards. Copper became a big part of trading in Britain with the Bronze Age. The Bronze Age, which began in 2000 BC. Is the period of time between the Stone Age and the iron age. The name comes from the material that tools and weapons were made of. People would trade copper and tin to others who only had one or the other in order to make …show more content…
A child born today will use approximately 1,750 pounds of copper during his or her lifetime in housing, transportation, electrical use and consumer products everything from cellphones to tablets to computers to vehicles. Copper is a critical resource important to our future as we continue to find new uses for copper, from helping to build renewable sources of energy to enhancing medical devices. Copper is used in diverse ways in many areas of life. Copper is a great electrical conductor and so it is used in electrical wiring and electronics. Copper is also highly resistant to the damage of water and other elements, so it is frequently used in construction. Copper has medical uses as well because bacteria will not grow on it. It is said that the amount of copper a nation uses is a good indicator of how technologically advanced the nation is. In the 1800’s America was importing more than 50% of the copper it used. Today America is 100% self-sufficient, but the demand for copper is growing. There is always a need to open new mines and provide this necessary mineral for our future