Does Copper Have A Good Yound's Modulus What can it be Used for?

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    Does Copper Have A Good Yound's Modulus What can it be Used for?
    Based on it's Young's modulus what can it be used for? in terms of stretching.
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    Re: Does Copper Have A Good Yound's Modulus What can it be Used for?
    Not sure what you mean by 'good'.

    Copper is such a good conductor of electricity, it isnt used for much else.

    Becasue it has a large plastic region its easy to make into wires.
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    Re: Does Copper Have A Good Yound's Modulus What can it be Used for?
    hmm ok
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