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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Comparison between Bare Copper wire and Tinned Copper Wire

There are not many reasons for selecting tinned copper wire over bare copper wire as both of them have their own benefits. At times bare copper wire is a better option as it is cheaper than the other one.

Firstly, bare copper is made and then it is processed through the tinning process which is just a light coating of tin over copper. And if it is stranded copper wire then each of the strands are individually processed through tin. Later, they are joined together to bring the appropriate size needed. The reason of the strands being processed individually is that if they are processed together in the tin then they might stick together from the tin in it.

Tinned Copper wire comes in the form of hook wires and in many cases these wires are cut down into small pieces and are used for joining cables. Tin wire is also beneficial during soldering process as solder sticks to the tinned copper in a much better way than the bare copper wire, so it is a point in favor of the tin.

Usually tinned copper is sold stranded and solid without any kind of insulation. It is known as the bus wire, buss wire or just the un-insulated tinned copper wire. Bare copper wire also has some similar kind of options and at times it is also known as the bare copper, ground wire or solid copper.

Bare copper has better conductivity in electricity as tin is involved in the tin copper wire. The tin in the tinned wire will not be big in size so most probably you will  even  not be able to see it with the naked eye.

So, now we know from the content above that both the wires are good in their respective fields. They are used in different places and have different uses. So next time you go to a shop, do not look for the best but look for the one which is needed.

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