Copper


These are solid copper pieces traded in as money a long time ago.

Quote:

Apparently the reason that policeman are nickname "cops" because they wore copper buttons.

 

Status update:

Yesterday, zinc and I visited the bronze garden.

Today, tin and I made some brass instruments.

Tomorrow, nitrogen and I are going to make copper nitride.  


Overview:

I am strong and easy to shape. I will sink in water because my density is 8.92.g/cc. I am combined with zinc to make bronze and tin to make brass. I am an excellent conductor and used in wires.

 

Information:  

Relationship: I am married to zinc to make bronze and brass.

 

Parent: I am an orphan. Ancient civilizations started using me for military.

 

network: metal

 

valence electrons: 1 electron

 

reactivity: I don't react with anyone. I just am mixed into alloys with zinc and tin.


Address: I am in the transtion metals and I am number 29.

 
state of matter: I am found in a solid state.  

Birthday: I don't know when my birthday, but I was discovered approxiametly 10,000 years ago.

 

Hometown: Nobody knows where I came from, but many civlizations started using me.

 

Group: I am a transtion metal.

 
Activities & Interests:

I am orangy and golden with my boiling point being 2,567 dgrees Celsius. I am a very good conductor and used in wires.

I am highly malleable and ductile. I become brittle near melting point. I am also found in coins and currencies all over the

world like pennies. I make brass and bronze with my alloys. I have even been used in ancient weapons.

 


Places:

I am found and mined in the United States.

I am mined in India. 

I am mined in Canada.

 


Photo:

 

 

 

Electron Shell Diagram

 

 P=29

 N=35  This is how my atom looks like.

 E=29   It is a Bohr diagram.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

My Friends and I around the World

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That is my friend zinc and I in some money.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My friends tin and zinc are in the brass music club with me. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 


Groups:

I am a proud member of the transition metals.

 

 

Resources:
 

http://www.southernplate.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/lincoln_pennies.jpg

 

http://www.chemicalelements.com/bohr/b0029.gif

 

http://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/29/copper

 

http://www.chemicool.com/elements/copper.html

 

http://www.chemicalelements.com/elements/cu.html

 

http://www.hvsynthdesign-vsti.com/images/trumpet.png

 

 

Friends:
Lithium  

 Tin  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Zinc  

 

 

 

 

   

 

Beryllium 

Sulfur

Nitrogen

 

     

 

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