Copper

Copper blocks and copper ore (floor and walls), raw copper (center dropped item), and copper ingots (left and right dropped items).

Copper is a material found in the Overworld. It spawns naturally in copper ore, which drops raw copper, which can then be smelted into copper ingots.

Items

• Copper Ingot - an item created by smelting raw copper or killing drowned.
• Raw Copper - an item dropped from mining copper ore.
• Spyglass - an item crafted with copper ingots and an amethyst shard that can be used to zoom in on distant objects.
• Brush - a tool crafted with a stick, a copper ingot and a feather. It can be used to brush suspicious blocks and can be used to brush armadillos for scute.

Blocks

Copper blocks oxidize over time, gaining a verdigris appearance over four stages. They can be prevented from oxidizing by being waxed with honeycombs.

• Block of Raw Copper − a block used for compact raw copper storage.
• Copper Ore - an ore that can be found underground.
• Deepslate Copper Ore - the deepslate variant of copper ore.
• Lightning Rod - a block used to divert lightning strikes.
• Copper - an element in Minecraft Education and Bedrock Edition.

• Block of Copper
  • Waxed Block of Copper
  • Exposed Copper
  • Waxed Exposed Copper
  • Weathered Copper
  • Waxed Weathered Copper
  • Oxidized Copper
  • Waxed Oxidized Copper

• Chiseled Copper
  • Waxed Chiseled Copper
  • Exposed Chiseled Copper
  • Waxed Exposed Chiseled Copper
  • Weathered Chiseled Copper
  • Waxed Weathered Chiseled Copper
  • Oxidized Chiseled Copper
  • Waxed Oxidized Chiseled Copper

• Copper Bulb
  • Waxed Copper Bulb
  • Exposed Copper Bulb
  • Waxed Exposed Copper Bulb
  • Weathered Copper Bulb
  • Waxed Weathered Copper Bulb
  • Oxidized Copper Bulb
  • Waxed Oxidized Copper Bulb

• Copper Door
  • Waxed Copper Door
  • Exposed Copper Door
  • Waxed Exposed Copper Door
  • Weathered Copper Door
  • Waxed Weathered Copper Door
  • Oxidized Copper Door
  • Waxed Oxidized Copper Door

• Copper Grate
  • Waxed Copper Grate
  • Exposed Copper Grate
  • Waxed Exposed Copper Grate
  • Weathered Copper Grate
  • Waxed Weathered Copper Grate
  • Oxidized Copper Grate
  • Waxed Oxidized Copper Grate

• Copper Trapdoor
  • Waxed Copper Trapdoor
  • Exposed Copper Trapdoor
  • Waxed Exposed Copper Trapdoor
  • Weathered Copper Trapdoor
  • Waxed Weathered Copper Trapdoor
  • Oxidized Copper Trapdoor
  • Waxed Oxidized Copper Trapdoor

• Cut Copper
  • Waxed Cut Copper
  • Exposed Cut Copper
  • Waxed Exposed Cut Copper
  • Weathered Cut Copper
  • Waxed Weathered Cut Copper
  • Oxidized Cut Copper
  • Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper

• Cut Copper Slab
  • Waxed Cut Copper Slab
  • Exposed Cut Copper Slab
  • Waxed Exposed Cut Copper Slab
  • Weathered Cut Copper Slab
  • Waxed Weathered Cut Copper Slab
  • Oxidized Cut Copper Slab
  • Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper Slab

• Cut Copper Stairs
  • Waxed Cut Copper Stairs
  • Exposed Cut Copper Stairs
  • Waxed Exposed Cut Copper Stairs
  • Weathered Cut Copper Stairs
  • Waxed Weathered Cut Copper Stairs
  • Oxidized Cut Copper Stairs
  • Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper Stairs

== Structures ==Copper is a chemical element. It is the 29th element in the periodic table. Its atomic weight is 63.55. It is a transition metal in the middle of the periodic table. The symbol for copper is "Cu", which comes from the Latin word cuprum, which, in turn, came from the Latin word for the island of Cyprus, where copper was found. [1]

Properties Physical properties

Copper disc, acid etched, you see the normally invisible crystalline structure Copper is a reddish-orange color when it is pure, but soon gets a reddish tarnish after it is exposed to air.

Copper is one of the few coloured metals. Most metals are gray or silver. Gold, copper, caesium and osmium are the only four coloured metals. It is magnetic. Copper is green as copper(II) carbonate and copper(II) hydroxide. It turns green because it oxidizes. After a time in the air, copper forms green copper carbonate at the surface, called verdigris. That is why the copper roof of a building looks green.

Copper is very flexible and ductile. It can be stretched into wires easily. Copper is also very soft, it has a Mohs hardness of 2.5 to 3. That means that it is harder than a fingernail but softer than a steel pocketknife.

It reacts with solutions of hydrochloric acid or ammonia containing oxygen. It can also dissolve in a mixture of hydrogen peroxide and hydrochloric acid. This makes copper(II) chloride. It does not dissolve in weak acids. It can dissolve in nitric acid to make copper(II) nitrate and nitrogen dioxide or nitric oxide.

Compounds Copper forms chemical compounds. In these compounds, it has two normal oxidation states: +1 and +2. +2 is more common. Most +2 copper compounds are blue. +1 copper compounds can be white. Copper compounds are weak oxidizing agents. They corrode many metals. This corrosion takes the metal and puts it in the chemical compound, leaving the copper behind. An example would be iron and copper(II) sulfate reacting to make copper and iron(II) sulfate. +1 copper compounds are reducing agents when in air. They are normally made by reduction of +2 compounds.

Copper compounds can be black, green, reddish, white, blue, or yellow.

Copper(I) compounds Copper(I) compounds have copper in +1 oxidation state. They are weak reducing agents. They react with air to make copper(II) compounds. They also disproportionate to copper and copper(II) compounds. Most of them do not dissolve in water.

Copper(I) acetylide, reddish brown, explosive Copper(I) bromide Copper(I) chloride, white when pure, green when oxidized Copper(I) iodide, colorless solid Copper(I) oxide, reddish-brown Copper(II) compounds Copper(II) compounds have copper in +2 oxidation state. They are weak oxidizing agents. They are greenish when hydrous (water molecules added). They are more stable in air than copper(I) compounds.

Copper(II) bromide, gray solid Copper(II) carbonate, greenish, forms on copper when in air Copper(II) chloride, greenish when hydrous, brown when anhydrous Copper(II) hydroxide, light blue, turns into copper(II) carbonate easily Copper(II) nitrate, blue, oxidizing agent, used in demonstration voltaic cells Copper(II) oxide, black Copper(II) sulfate, blue, most common copper compound Paris Green, extremely toxic, bright blue-green Copper(II) sulfate, a copper(II) compound Copper(II) sulfate, a copper(II) compound

Copper(II) chloride, a copper(II) compound Copper(II) chloride, a copper(II) compound

Copper(I) chloride, a copper(I) compound. It is white but air reacts with it easily to turn it green Copper(I) chloride, a copper(I) compound. It is white but air reacts with it easily to turn it green

Copper(I) oxide, a copper(I) compound Copper(I) oxide, a copper(I) compound

Copper(II) oxide, a copper(II) compound Copper(II) oxide, a copper(II) compound Occurrence

Copper as a metal in the ground

Chalcopyrite Copper can be found as a metal in the ground. Normally, it is green on the outside. Most copper is not as a metal but in chemical compounds. Chalcopyrite is the most common copper ore. It is a mixture of pyrite and copper sulfide. Copper is found in small amounts in living things. Some mollusks and arthropods have blue blood because they have copper in their blood. Animals such as humans and other mammals have red blood because it contains iron.

Uses Copper can be used in many ways but one example is wires. Copper is used in making wires as it is easy to stretch and it is not expensive. So that’s why large wire companies will use copper as it is cheaper and takes less time to get

Copper may be the oldest metal in use, as very old copper tools have been found. Copper is used in electrical wiring. It can also be shaped into various parts. It can be used in a heat sink. The Statue of Liberty is made of copper. It is also used in pipes carrying water, because it does not corrode.

When people mix copper with tin, bronze is made. Bronze is much harder, and created the Bronze Age. It became less important when people learned to use iron better. When zinc is mixed with copper, brass is made, which is even harder than bronze. Copper with nickel makes cupronickel.

Copper is also used in medical and food production industries. Copper can alter proteins, form radicals, and disrupt enzymes, thereby inactivating or killing bacteria and viruses.[2]

Copper is an easily molded base metal that is often added to precious metals to improve their elasticity, flexibility, hardness, color, and resistance to corrosion.

As chemical compounds Copper is important in the human body. If a person does not get enough copper, the molecules in the body might not work. Having too much copper, though, can be a problem. Humans get most of the copper they need from food, and vitamins also contain copper to make sure we get enough.[3] Copper compounds are also used to kill fungi and algae.

Safety Copper is not as toxic as a metal. Copper compounds are toxic, although small amounts are needed to live. Copper is expelled from the body easily, so it does not build up in toxic effects.

Preparation Copper is sometimes just taken out of the ground and shaped into objects. But most copper is not in a metal form in the ground. Chalcopyrite is the main copper ore. It is heated with air to separate the iron as iron(II) oxide. Some copper(I) oxide is made. Sulfur dioxide is also made. Then silicon dioxide is added, which reacts with the iron(II) oxide to make a liquid which is drained. Now only copper and sulfide are left. The copper sulfide reacts with air to make copper metal and sulfur dioxide. Some copper sulfide reacts with the copper(I) oxide to make copper and sulfur dioxide. This makes impure copper.

Copper is made pure by electrolyzing it. A thin sheet of pure copper is put on the cathode and a thick sheet of impure copper is put on the anode. The electrolyte is copper sulfate. The impure copper gets dissolved in the solution. It then coats the thin sheet of pure copper. This makes the copper pure.

Large amounts of copper are recycled because of its high value and the increasing depletion of worldwide copper reserves.

• Trial Chambers

Mentioned

• Copper Golem - an unadded mob that lost the mob vote at Minecraft Live 2021.
  • Copper Button - an unadded block that would have been added if the Copper Golem won the mob vote at Minecraft Live 2021.

Removed

• Copper Horn - an item that could play different melodies depending on which goat horn it was crafted with.

April Fools

• Copper Spleaves - a joke item in Java Edition 23w13a_or_b which broke upon contact with entities, found in Lunar Bases.
• Copper Sink - a joke item in Java Edition 23w13a_or_b which could delete copper-based items

See Also

• Tutorials/Drowned farming

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.