blister copper

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blister copper

An almost pure copper produced in an intermediate stage of copper refining.

[From its blistered appearance.]

blister copper

(Engineering / Metallurgy) an impure form of copper having a blister-like surface due to the release of gas during cooling

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blister copper - an impure form of copper having a black blistered surface

atomic number 29, copper, Cu - a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor

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