How to Solder Copper Pipe

Posted by admin on May 30th, 2010 and filed under copper | 25 Comments »

Soldering copper pipes is an important skill for many home improvement projects. Tim Carter of AsktheBuilder.com shows you how to solder copper pipe to get a water tight seal.

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Copper – Periodic Table of Videos

Posted by admin on May 27th, 2010 and filed under copper | 25 Comments »

Copper is element number 29. Videos about all the elements at http://www.periodicvideos.com/

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Copper Plating

Posted by admin on May 22nd, 2010 and filed under copper | 25 Comments »

I Plated a plain U.S Quarter with a thin layer of copper.

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Melting copper

Posted by admin on May 17th, 2010 and filed under copper | 25 Comments »

Melting a piece of water pipe copper using a piece of ‘YTONG’ inner wall brick and a propane burner. Its melting point is 1083oC.

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Copper Annealing

Posted by admin on May 8th, 2010 and filed under copper | 1 Comment »

Copper Annealing. When copper is worked, meaning bending, folding, hammering, etc., the copper becomes more and more rigid. Continued work will cause the copper to fracture. To avoid this, it is time to anneal the copper.

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Oxidation of Copper

Posted by admin on May 7th, 2010 and filed under copper | 25 Comments »

A chemical demonstration of the oxidation of copper metal by nitric acid. Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

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