Is copper wire made of pure copper?

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asked Sep 22, 2017 in Other-Home/Garden by Lexwall (660 points)
Is copper wire made of pure copper?

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answered Sep 23, 2017 by Mechanic21 (29,150 points)
Copper wire is made of mostly pure copper but it can contain some contaminates such as solder joints etc.

So while copper wire is made from mostly just copper sometimes contaminates do get in since it can't always be avoided when they melt scrap copper wire and copper pipes and other scrap copper down.

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