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How to make copper plated aluminum wire

Sir I want to know the procedure the copper on aluminum mean to say that I have an lauminum cable and I want to convert into the copper wire tell me the way how I can do this

Faizi Hasee
student - Pakistan
June 11, 2010

Hi, Faizi. Millions of miles of copper plated aluminum wire were produced, but in the USA that pretty much ended when the product got a bad name with the Beverly Hills Supper Club tragedy. So, this is an area where you can research actual production methods rather than theory. But, in principle, you zincate the wire (or use the proprietary Alstan method), then you copper electroplate it. Good luck.

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Ted Mooney, P.E.
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June , 2010

Much, if not most, copper coated aluminum wire is made by cladding rather than electroplating.

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June 23, 2010

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