“Just to meet business-as-usual trends, 115% more copper must be mined in the next 30 years than has been mined historically until now,” the study said.
“Just to meet business-as-usual trends, 115% more copper must be mined in the next 30 years than has been mined historically until now,” the study said.
Tell me you don’t know metallurgy without telling me…
Give me an example where you think you got the upper hand on aluminum knowledge. LOL. Yeah it’s harder to work with. But it’s lighter and metallurgy has very little to do with the reasons why it’s not used. I’ll wait here while you go scrambling through Google’s shitty results.
I don’t have to, its electrical and thermal properties are trash compared to copper. There’s a reason copper is used EVERYWHERE it matters by electrical engineers. I trust them :)
https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/675186/reason-not-to-use-aluminium-wires-other-than-higher-resistance
But you also should know that motors are controlled with high frequency voltages. That sort of RF actually travels down the material’s skin rather than through the core. This Aluminum, being lighter, can also be made to have a larger surface area. You would get a kick if you knew what I do for work and fun.
I also almost forgot about our good friend Carbon.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmats.2020.00219/full
Yeah it’s properties are also shit.