{"id":2820,"date":"2026-03-25T13:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/?p=2820"},"modified":"2026-03-25T13:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:02:09","slug":"copper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/copper\/","title":{"rendered":"Element | Copper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Copper is a reddish, ductile transition metal prized for excellent electrical and thermal conductivity and antimicrobial properties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Properties of Copper<\/strong> | It forms stable +1 and +2 oxidation states, alloys readily bronze, brass and resists corrosion in many environments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uses of Copper<\/strong> | Copper is mined from sulfide and oxide ores and used in electrical wiring, electronics, plumbing, roofing and as an essential trace nutrient.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Isotopes of Copper<\/strong> | Stable isotopes Cu 63 and Cu 65 exist; copper is essential biologically but excessive exposure can cause toxicity and environmental concerns.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highly conductive metal used in electrical wiring, plumbing and alloys<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elemental-table"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2820"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5585,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2820\/revisions\/5585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}