铜线

自1820年代电磁铁和电报被发明以来，铜一直是电线生产所需的原材料。^[1][2] 1876年电话的发明使得人们对铜线的需求不断增加。 ^[3]

铜线

铜缆

由铜制成的同轴电缆

铜是在电线中充当电导体。^[3][4]发电、输电、配电、电信、电炉、电子电路和无数类型的电气设备中都要用到铜线^[5]。建筑物中的电线对铜工业来说是最重要的市场。^[6]大约一半被开采的铜用于制造电线。^[5]

参考文献

1. Sturgeon, W., 1825, Improved Electro Magnetic Apparatus, Trans. Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures, & Commerce (London) 43: pp. 37–52, as cited in Miller, T.J.E, 2001, Electronic Control of Switched Reluctance Machines, Newnes, p. 7. ISBN 0-7506-5073-7
2. Windelspecht, Michael, 2003, Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the 19th Century, XXII, Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0-313-31969-3
3. Pops, Horace, 2008, Processing of wire from antiquity to the future, Wire Journal International, June, pp 58-66
4. The Metallurgy of Copper Wire (PDF). [2013-06-07]. （原始内容 (PDF)存档于2013-09-01）.
5. Joseph, Günter, 1999, Copper: Its Trade, Manufacture, Use, and Environmental Status, edited by Kundig, Konrad J.A., ASM International Vol. 2.03, Electrical Conductors
6. Copper, Chemical Element - Overview, Discovery and naming, Physical properties, Chemical properties, Occurrence in nature, Isotopes. Chemistryexplained.com. [2013-06-01]. （原始内容存档于2013-06-16）.