Different places and purity prices will be different. The copper price is around 20-25 yuan/kg. Copper is a non-ferrous metal closely related to human beings. Widely used in electric power, light industry, machinery manufacturing, construction industry, national defense industry and other fields, second only to aluminum in the consumption of non-ferrous metal materials in China. Copper is a red metal and a green metal.
It is said to be a green metal mainly because it has a low melting point and is easy to be remelted and smelted, so it is quite cheap to recycle. In ancient times, it was mainly used for casting utensils, artworks and weapons. Famous vessels and works of art such as stepmother Wu Ding and Siyang Fangzun.
Industrial machinery and equipment is another major application market, in which copper usually has a long service life. Coins and weapons are the main end users in this field. Bullets are rarely recycled, some coins can be melted, and many coins are kept by collectors or savers and cannot be recycled.
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Matters needing attention
1. Stay away from rust. "Copper patina" and "blue alum" after copper rust are two toxic substances, so copper tableware with copper rust must not be used.
2. Be alert to breakage. Never use a copper pot with no inner layer or suspected damage to cook or hold food.
Be careful of those bronzes from tourist destinations, they are just decorations.
You can't boil medicine in a copper pot.