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Copper vs Aluminium - What's the difference?

copper | aluminium |

As nouns the difference between copper and aluminium

is that copper is (lb) a reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol cu, and atomic number 29 or copper can be (slang|law enforcement) a police officer while aluminium is aluminium (uk), aluminum (us) (symbol: al).

As an adjective copper

is made of copper.

As a verb copper

is to sheathe or coat with copper.

copper

English

(wikipedia copper)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) coper, from (etyl) coper, .

Noun

  • (lb) a reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.
  • (lb) Something made of copper.
  • The reddish-brown colour/color of copper.
  • :
  • (lb) A copper coin.
  • *(Benjamin Franklin) (1706-1790)
  • *:My friends filled my pockets with coppers .
  • *
  • *:"I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make," said Jim, "but I was at Winchester and New College." ¶ "That will do," said Mackenzie. "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal.."
  • A large pot, often used for heating water or washing clothes over a fire. In Australasia at least, it could also be a fixed installation made of copper, with a fire underneath and its own chimney. Generally made redundant by the advent of the washing machine.
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  • *1797 , Dyeing'', article in Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig (editors), ''Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature , Volume 6, Part 1 p.207:
  • *:When the water in the copper boils, the arsenic and tartar, well pounded, is put into it, and kept boiling till the liquor is reduced to about half.
    • Synonyms
    * (colour) chestnut, russet
    Derived terms
    * antimonial copper * arsenical copper * barium copper oxide * black copper * black copper ore * blister copper, blistered copper * blanched copper * blue copper * Bungtown copper * Chessy copper * chromated copper arsenate * clear one's coppers * cool one's coppers * copper acetate * copper age * copper arsenate * copper-arsenide * copper-arsenite * copper-beech * copper-bellied snake * copper-belly * Copper Belt * copperbelt * copper belt * copper-bit * copper-blende * copper-bloom * copper-bottom * copper-bottomed * copper-bound * copper-butterfly * copper-cap * copper-captain * copper carbonate * copper chloride * copper-colic * copper-colored * copper-coloured * copper-cut * copper dichloride * coppered * copper-emerald * copperer * Copper Eskimo * copper-faced * copper-fasten * copper-fastened * copper-finch * copper-foil * copper-glance * copper-green * copperhead * copper-head * copper-headed * copper-hells * copper-hops * copper-Indian * coppering * copper-iron * copperise * copperize * copperish * copper-knob * copper loss * copper-man * copper-manganese * copper-mica * copper-nickel * copper nitrate * coppernob * copper-nose * copper ore * copper oxide * copper phosphide * copper-place * copperplate * copper-powder * copper pyrites * copper-rain * copper schist * copperskin * copper-skinned * copper-slate * coppersmith * copper-smoke * copper-snake * copper-spot * copper sulfate * copper sulphate * copper sulfide * copper sulphide * copper-top * copper-topped * copper uranite * copper-vitriol * copperware * copper-wing * copper-work * copper-works * coppery * copper-zinc * disulfide of copper * disulphide of copper * dry copper * emerald copper * emerald copper ore * enamelers' copper * enamellers' copper * gold-copper ore * grey copper * grey copper ore * hot coppers * indigo copper * japan copper * large copper * manganese copper * octahedral copper * octahedral copper ore * phosphor copper * purple copper * purple copper ore * pyritous copper * red copper * scarce copper * silver-copper nitrate * sulfate of copper * sulphate of copper * variegated copper * variegated copper ore * velvet copper * velvet copper ore * white copper * yellow copper * yellow copper ore
    Related terms
    * BSCCO * copperas * cupr-, cupro- * cuprane * cuprate * cuprea bark * cupreous * cupric * cupriferous * cuprite * cuproid * cuproso- * cuprous * YBCO

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made of copper.
  • Having the reddish-brown colour/color of copper.
  • * Coleridge
    • All in a hot and copper sky,
    The bloody Sun, at noon,
    Right up above the mast did stand,
    No bigger than the Moon.
    Synonyms
    * (made of copper) * (having the colour/color of copper ): coppery

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sheathe or coat with copper.

    • See also

    * anna * azurite * bell metal * bluestone * blue vitriol * Bordeaux mixture * bornite * brass * bronze * Caboclo * chalcid * chalcanthite * chalcocite * chalcopyrite * chalcosis * chessylite * chrysocolla * covellite * ferrous sulphate * kipper * lentigohepatic degeneration * malachite * Monel * olivenite * ormolu * patina * peacock ore * soldo * speculum metal * tombac * verd antique * verdigris * * Wilson's disease *

    Etymology 2

    From

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, law enforcement) A police officer.
    • Synonyms
    * (policeman) police officer, constable, cop, see also
    Related terms
    * cop

    aluminium

    English

    Alternative forms

    * aluminum (qualifier) (see below)

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia aluminium)
  • A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.

    • Usage notes

    * For information on the origins of the two spellings, see .

    Synonyms

    * alumium (obsolete) * when used as a food colouring

    Derived terms

    * aluminic * aluminiferous * aluminio-, alumino- * * aluminium arsenide, aluminum arsenide * aluminium borate, aluminum borate * aluminium boron oxide, aluminum boron oxide * aluminium brass, aluminum brass * aluminium bromide, aluminum bromide * aluminium bronze, aluminum bronze * aluminium caesium tetrachloride * aluminium carbide, aluminum carbide * aluminium chloride, aluminum chloride * aluminium chloride fluoride, aluminum chloride fluoride * aluminium chloride oxide, aluminum chloride oxide * aluminium chlorohydrate, aluminum chlorohydrate * aluminium difluoride, aluminum difluoride * aluminium difluoride oxide, aluminum difluoride oxide * aluminium foil, aluminum foil * aluminium fluoride, aluminum fluoride * aluminium gallium arsenide, aluminum gallium arsenide * aluminium-gallium-indium phosphide, aluminum-gallium-indium phosphide * aluminium gallium nitride, aluminum gallium nitride * aluminium hydride, aluminum hydride * aluminium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide * aluminium iodide, aluminum iodide * aluminium isopropoxide, aluminum isopropoxide * aluminium monobromide, aluminum monobromide * aluminium monochloride, aluminum monochloride * aluminium monofluoride, aluminum monofluoride * aluminium monofluoride monoxide * aluminium monoiodide, aluminum monoiodide * aluminium monophosphide, aluminum monophosphide * aluminium monostearate, aluminum monostearate * aluminium monotelluride, aluminum monotelluride * aluminium monoxide, aluminum monoxide * aluminium nitrate, aluminum nitrate * aluminium nitride, aluminum nitride * aluminium oxide, aluminum oxide * aluminium oxide hydroxide, aluminum oxide hydroxide * aluminium oxynitride, aluminum oxynitride * aluminium phosphide, aluminum phosphide * aluminium rubidium tetrachloride, aluminum rubidium tetrachloride * aluminium silicon monoxide, aluminum silicon monoxide * aluminium suboxide, aluminum suboxide * aluminium silicate, aluminum silicate * aluminium sulphate, aluminum sulfate * aluminium sulphate hexadecahydrate, aluminum sulfate hexadecahydrate * aluminium sulphide, aluminum sulfide * aluminium tribromide, aluminum tribromide * aluminium trichloride, aluminum trichloride * aluminium trifluoride, aluminum trifluoride * aluminium triiodide, aluminum triiodide * alundum * beryllium aluminium oxide, beryllium aluminum oxide * dialuminium, dialuminum * diethylaluminium chloride, diethylaluminum chloride * diisobutylaluminium hydride, diisobutylaluminum hydride * duralumin * eka-aluminium, ekaaluminum * ferro-aluminium, ferro-aluminum * lithium aluminium hydride, lithium aluminum hydride * magnalium * magnesium aluminium oxide, magnesium aluminum oxide * magnesium aluminium silicate, magnesium aluminum silicate * monoaluminium, monoaluminum * potassium aluminium chloride, potassium aluminum chloride * potassium aluminium sulphate, potassium aluminum sulfate * rubidium aluminium sulphate-dodecahydrate, rubidium aluminum sulfate-dodecahydrate * sodium aluminium fluoride, sodium aluminum fluoride * triethylaluminium, triethylaluminum * trimethylaluminium, trimethyl aluminium * yttrium aluminium garnet, yttrium aluminum garnet

    Related terms

    * algraphy * alum * alumane * alumina * aluminian * aluminate * aluminide * aluminothermy

    See also

    * andalusite * bauxite * Birmabright® * chiolite * cobalt blue * corundum * cryolite * emery * mullite * romanium * ruby * sapphire

    References

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