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Important developments that have occurred in the mining of copper and its subsequent fabrication into rod and wire are summarized for the period from 9000 B.C. until the present time. In addition to an historical review of nonferrous wiredrawing, some applicable metallurgical principles are discussed. Prognostications concerning the future of the wire and cable industry are presented with respect to copper wire, its technology, and competitive materials.
Important developments that have occurred in the mining of copper and its subsequent fabrication into rod and wire are summarized for the period from 9000 B.C. until the present time. In addition to an historical review of nonferrous wiredrawing, some applicable metallurgical principles are discussed. Prognostications concerning the future of the wire and cable industry are presented with respect to copper wire, its technology, and competitive materials.
| Author(s) | Horace Pops, Horace Pops Consulting, Inc., USA |
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| Publication/Event/Pages | Paper presented at WAI's 77th Annual Convention (Interwire) in Cleveland, May, 2007. Published in WJI, June 2008, pp. 58-66. |
| Year | 2007 |
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