Properties
The properties of copper-clad aluminium wire include:
- Lighter than pure copper
- Higher electrical conductivity than pure aluminium
- Higher strength than aluminium
- Better solderability than aluminium, due to the lack of the oxide layer which prevents solder adhesion when soldering bare aluminium.
- Less expensive than a pure copper wire
- Typically produced as a 10% or 15% by copper volume product
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