Copper metal is one of the best material with good thermal conductivity. Most uses of copper metal are based on the qualities of extracted product (Ntengwe & Witika, 2010). In material extraction, copper wire has various impacts in the process of extraction of several elements and materials. Copper wires are easily installed; installation of copper wire is cheap and faster as compared to the other metal wires (Lu & Dreisinger, 2014). This will lead low cost of extraction of material and also the short time required to complete these processes of extraction of materials. Copper also has resistance to corrosion, hence it cannot be corroded easily by corrosive substances in the extraction process.
Copper wires are good conductors of electricity and are non-magnetic hence used in the extraction process to connect electrical devices (Ntengwe & Witika, 2010). These enable the devices to be more efficient since the flow of electric current experience little internal resistance within the wire. Copper wires are therefore useful in the extraction process due to these qualities hence preferred over other metal wires. Wire from copper forms one of the excellent materials used in the extraction technology due to the fact that it has better qualities over other metal wires available (Lu & Dreisinger, 2014). It offers low internal resistance to the flow of current and has localized electron to conduct heat. The process of installation is simple and cheap. Due to these qualities, it is highly preferred in the extraction stage and are beneficial when they are used.
References
Ntengwe, F. & Witika, L. (2010). Optimizing extraction of Iron, Copper and Zinc from Cobalt-pregnant electrolyte by ph-based four-stage process. Journal Of Applied Science And Technology, 15(1-2). http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jast.v15i1-2.54824
Lu, J. & Dreisinger, D. (2014). Two-stage countercurrent solvent extraction of copper from cuprous chloride solution: Cu(II) loading coupled with Cu(I) oxidation by oxygen and iron scrubbing. Hydrometallurgy, 150, 41-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hydromet.2014.09.003
