{"id":1426,"date":"2017-09-29T23:13:38","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T21:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pksbronze.at\/informationen\/kupfer\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T10:25:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T09:25:42","slug":"why-copper","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kupferspuren.at\/en\/informations\/why-copper\/","title":{"rendered":"Why copper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mi4d7dj4-a571550de70da62a21f61307f2055bef\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-mi4d7dj4-a571550de70da62a21f61307f2055bef{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-mi4d7dj4-a571550de70da62a21f61307f2055bef .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mi4d7dj4-a571550de70da62a21f61307f2055bef .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-mi4d7dj4-a571550de70da62a21f61307f2055bef av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Why copper or copper alloy tools?<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-7ex2c-c9981e4a5f88ea7d2b4ed3b532877e3d '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div>The following applies to tools made of copper or copper alloy:<\/div>\n<div id=\"c322\" class=\"csc-default\">\n<ul>\n<li><b>No maintenance<\/b> necessary.<\/li>\n<li><b>No rust formation, <\/b>therefore lasts forever. On the subject of corrosion, see: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kupferinstitut.de\/de\/werkstoffe\/system\/korrosionsverhalten-kupferwerkstoffe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kupferinstitut.de<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><strong>Not magnetic<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sustainable<\/strong> &#8211; for a healthy breeding ground.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kupferspuren.at\/en\/informations\/why-copper\/trace-elements\/\">Trace element fertilization<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/kupferspuren.at\/en\/informations\/why-copper\/copper-and-growth\/\">Copper and growth<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/kupferspuren.at\/en\/informations\/why-copper\/effect\/\">Mode of action<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kupferspuren.at\/en\/informations\/why-copper\/patina-or-verdigris\/\">verdigris <\/a><span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\"><i><span style=\"color: #c2bdc7;\">Colloquially incorrect term for the green ageing layer on copper surfaces, the<\/span><\/i><a style=\"color: #cc99ff;\" title=\"Patina\" href=\"http:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">patina<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/kupferspuren.at\/en\/informations\/why-copper\/testimonials\/\">Testimonials<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boden-fachzentrum.de\/bodenqualitaet\/boden-naehrstoffe\/bodennaehrstoff-kupfer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.boden-fachzentrum.de\/bodenqualitaet\/boden-naehrstoffe\/bodennaehrstoff-kupfer<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"c322\" class=\"csc-default\">\n<p><em><strong>Wikipedia:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span id=\"Biologische_Eigenschaften\" class=\"mw-headline\">Biological properties<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Compared to many other heavy metals, copper is only relatively weakly toxic to higher organisms. For example, a person can consume 0.04 grams of copper per day without suffering any damage to their health.<sup id=\"cite_ref-39\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kupfer#cite_note-39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[38]<\/a><\/sup> In its free form, not bound to <a title=\"Protein\" href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proteins<\/a>, copper has an antibacterial effect; as with silver, this is referred to as the <a title=\"Oligodynamics\" href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oligodynamie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">oligodynamic effect<\/a>, which is why, for example, <strong>flower water stored in copper containers<\/strong> or in which a copper coin is placed <strong>does not turn foul so quickly.<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10222 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/kupferspuren.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/weiblich-150x150.png\" alt=\"copper female\" width=\"54\" height=\"54\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kupferspuren.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/weiblich-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kupferspuren.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/weiblich-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/kupferspuren.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/weiblich-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/kupferspuren.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/weiblich-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/kupferspuren.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/weiblich-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/kupferspuren.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/weiblich-324x324.png 324w, https:\/\/kupferspuren.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/weiblich-416x416.png 416w, https:\/\/kupferspuren.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/weiblich.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 54px) 100vw, 54px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Venus symbol: alchemy symbol for copper<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Copper, gold, silver and tin were the first metals known to mankind during its development.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Later, copper was alloyed with tin and lead (we explicitly use an alloy WITHOUT LEAD!) to make bronze. This harder and technically more resistant alloy gave the Bronze Age its name. <\/em> <em>3000 B.C. &#8211; 1200 B.C.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":820,"featured_media":0,"parent":1419,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1426","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kupferspuren.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kupferspuren.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kupferspuren.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kupferspuren.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/820"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kupferspuren.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kupferspuren.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1426\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kupferspuren.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kupferspuren.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}