{"id":3467,"date":"2019-03-14T16:16:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T20:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/4sproducts.com\/copper-vs-aluminum-conductors\/"},"modified":"2019-03-14T16:16:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T20:16:30","slug":"copper-vs-aluminum-conductors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4sproducts.com\/es\/copper-vs-aluminum-conductors\/","title":{"rendered":"Copper vs. Aluminum Conductors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though Copper and Aluminum Conductors are the most common nonmagnetic metal conductors they both have unique properties such as weight, conductivity, environmental exposure and tensile strength. When deciding which would be the best option for your application it is important to first learn the pros. and cons. of each conductor. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Copper Conductors <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copper has been used in electrical wiring since the 1820\u2019s with the invention of the electromagnet, the telegraphs and the telephone. Today, it is still the most popular conductive metal and has become the international standard. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copper has a higher conductivity than Aluminum and is able to better withstand load surges. Due to its higher tensile strength (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">200\u2013250 N\/mm<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> annealed) when compared to aluminium (100 N\/mm<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for typical conductor alloys) \u00a0&#8211; it is able to resist stretching, nicks and breaks and prevents failures and interruptions. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copper also contains great thermal-conductivity and thermal-expansion properties. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copper has a 60% higher thermal conductivity rating than aluminium,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">so it is better able to reduce thermal hot spots in electrical wiring systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copper conductors are commonly used in power distribution, power generation and automotive applications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aluminum Conductors <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copper Conductors are more popular and commonly used in the wire &amp; cable industry but Aluminum Conductors also have many benefits for certain applications and is generally more inexpensive. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though Aluminum isn\u2019t as effective of a conductor for electricity and heat as Copper, it has the same electrical resistance as copper with 30 percent of its weight and is more economical. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to its lighter weight and considerable economic advantages, electrical utilities use aluminum for overhead transmission lines and distribution of energy in both bare and insulated conductors. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though Copper and Aluminum Conductors are the most common nonmagnetic metal conductors they both have unique properties such as weight, conductivity, environmental exposure and tensile strength. When deciding which would be the best option for your application it is important to first learn the pros. and cons. of each conductor. Copper Conductors Copper has&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3468,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[305],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias-en-ingles"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/4sproducts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/4sproducts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/4sproducts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4sproducts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4sproducts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/4sproducts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4sproducts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/4sproducts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4sproducts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4sproducts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}