How To Identify Copper

Is mostly used in wiring and electronics.

Makes great cookware

When copper is pure it has beautiful pink color

Due to tarnishing, is usually a red or brown color. (also beautiful)

Oxidizes into a strong green color.

Is more dense than iron, by about 15%.

Bright Copper is another name for very pure copper, usually wire. Bright copper is the most valuable of scrap copper

Copper #1 is clean copper, including pipes without solder joints.

Copper #2 is painted copper, copper with solder joints, things of that nature

Light Copper is copper sheeting. Some yards may call this copper #3.

Copper Breakage: Motors, transformers, inductors, some processors, et cetera.