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Copper panic in the age of AI: Why aluminium is the real metal of electrification

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Introduction The basic question: Which is better for carrying current, copper or aluminium? For decades, the conventional wisdom has been that copper is better because it has higher electrical conductivity. Afterall, copper is “The Metal of Electrification.” This fundamental belief has been outdated for 80 years, since aluminium became available in industrial quantities after World […]


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Flipping the switch from copper to aluminium: How electrification’s next era is reshaping material choices

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The world has been undergoing electrification for the past 140 years. During the first 60 years, copper, a heavy metal, was used for electrical construction. It wasn’t the best conductor material because of its relatively low conductance per pound, but its abundance led to its exclusive use during the initial six decades of the electrical […]


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