• Question: why do we use copper pipeing in our homes

    Asked by nfreeman11 to Alex, Jools, Lynz, Matt, Rika on 15 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Julie Greensmith

      Julie Greensmith answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      It doesn’t rust like, its less easy to damage than aluminium and is non toxic like the lead in pipes we used to have. Also its relatively easy to extract from ore. Its not cheap, but it is cheaper than other metals which have similar properties like gold or silver.

    • Photo: Matthew Dickinson

      Matthew Dickinson answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      Copper also holds to elastic values that are useful, by using copper the temperature change in this material will allow it to stretch a little bit. And all the other bit that Julie has said.

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