Monday, September 20, 2010

Copper wire Buying Tips


It is very difficult to buy wire and cable as wire is generally made with copper. As copper is traded on the stock market, the price of copper tinned wire and bare copper wire is very volatile. Therefore, the distributor and the manufacturers have to keep a check on copper wires everyday. Even if the copper is in stock, its price will fluctuate as per the movement of copper prices in the stock market.

Wire and cable is made of copper. The insulation is done over the bare copper wire and the strands are made of tinned copper wire. At times there is also a drain wire that gets added to the cost of the cable. No matter how much experienced the person is in the copper industry, he can not tell you exactly when to buy copper wire. This is because it is just like predicting the movement of stock market.

However, Copper is very important metal as it is conducive, ductile and has corrosion resistant. Moreover, with the advancement in technologies it has become very easy to make copper alloys and hence make proper use of them. Copper is used in the form of copper bar, cadmium copper, copper rod, copper tubing and many more.

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