Copper Wire and Copper Alloy Wire
Versatile copper and copper alloy wires offer a useful range of electrical and thermal conductivity.
Copper Wire
Copper wire has excellent electrical and thermal conductivity and is used in may specialist applications. Copper wire can also be fabricated, joined and generally processed by a variety of simple techniques. For particularly high conductivity requirements, very pure oxygen-free copper wire is used.
Brass Wire
Adding zinc to copper creates a lower-cost alloy brass wire with superior cold working strength. The degree of zinc alloying gives a range of colours, making brass wire useful for decorative purposes.
Nickel Silver Wire
Nickel silver wires are copper alloys with nickel and zinc added. They do not contain silver but Nickel Silver Wire takes its name from its silvery appearance.
Beryllium Copper Wire
Beryllium added to copper produces a heat treatable beryllium copper wire that has high strength, good elasticity and fatigue resistance, plus good conductivity.
Phosphor Bronze Wire
Phosphor bronze wire is made from copper based alloys with tin and small quantities of phosphorus added. Phosphor bronze wire can be greatly hardened by cold working to give excellent spring properties.
In plated form, it is used as connector pin wire.
