Copper is a metal that occurs naturally throughout the environment, in rocks, soil, water, and air. Copper is an essential element in plants and animals (including humans), which means it is necessary for us to live. Therefore, plants and animals must absorb some copper from eating, drinking, and breathing.Copper is used to make many different kinds of products like wire, plumbing pipes, and sheet metal
A special, 80 % zinc and 20 % aluminium by weight, brazing paste was utilized for joining the foils together. The test of the single lap joints show that none of the specimens failed at the bonded area and the failure was always due to fracture of the parent metal.