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Scientific name: Cu

Copper is a common, reddish-coloured metal that is used for electrical wiring, and mixed with other metals into alloys like brass and bronze. Copper is an extremely good conductor of electricity.
Oxides of copper are blue and green, and have been used to colour paints and glaze pots for thousands of years.