Is Copper a Metal, Nonmetal or Metalloid?
Last Updated Mar 30, 2020 2:42:49 AM ET
Copper is a reddish metal with the chemical symbol of Cu. The word copper comes from the Latin “cuprum,” which means "metal from Cyprus." In ancient times, the island of Cyprus was a mining site for copper.
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