Copper Scrap is the most valuable scrap metal commonly used in construction, motors, industrial machinery, and electronics that can be recycled and reformed without losing its quality. And now, the Copper Scrap recycling business is thriving.
Copper Scrap comes in various grades, priced differently according to the percentage of copper content it has. Understanding the different grades of Copper Scrap helps to determine the best price when selling or buying Copper Scrap for better profits. There are six categories of Copper Scrap grades.
Advantages
Copper is a highly sought-after metal in the scrap metal recycling industry. The reason copper is sought after is because it does not degrade significantly during the recycling process. Nearly as much copper is recycled as is mined each year in the U.S. Not including wire production, 75 percent of copper used in the U.S. copper comes from recycled copper scrap.
Copper is 100% recyclable and the value of its scrap material can be over 85 percent, and up to 95 percent the price of newly mined organic material.
Applications
Copper has a variety of attributes that make it useful in so many applications today. The metal has found to be a highly efficient conductor of heat and electricity, in addition to it being flexible, durable, strong and resistant to corrosion.
The metal has been a key to many of technological advancements of man, the most important being electricity and telegraphic communications. The other important applications of copper metal include its uses in heating, plumbing, air conditioning, brass fittings, roofing, and in the production of various products, which now we take for granted - Radio, television, lighting, computers, mobile phones etc.
All these products require copper wiring, adapters, electrical leads, transformers and motors. Several copper compounds and chemicals are also used to protect crops and plants to preserve wood.