Template:Infobox copper

	child table, as reused in {IB-Cu} v; e; h;
Main isotopes of copper
β−	64Zn

Copper, ₂₉Cu
	Native copper (~4 cm in size)
Copper
Appearance	Red-orange metallic luster
Standard atomic weight Ar°(Cu)
	63.546±0.003; 63.546±0.003 (abridged);
Copper in the periodic table
Atomic number (Z)	29
Group	group 11
Period	period 4
Block	d-block
Electron configuration	[Ar] 3d10 4s1
Electrons per shell	2, 8, 18, 1
Physical properties
Phase at STP	solid
Melting point	1357.77 K (1084.62 °C, 1984.32 °F)
Boiling point	2835 K (2562 °C, 4643 °F)
Density (at 20° C)	8.935 g/cm3
(at STP)	8,944 g/L
when liquid (at m.p.)	8.02 g/cm3
Heat of fusion	13.26 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization	300.4 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity	24.440 J/(mol·K)
Specific heat capacity	384.603 J/(kg·K)
Atomic properties
Oxidation states	common: +2; −2, −1, 0, +1, +3, +4
Electronegativity	Pauling scale: 1.90
Ionization energies	1st: 745.5 kJ/mol ; 2nd: 1957.9 kJ/mol ; 3rd: 3555 kJ/mol ; (more) ;
Atomic radius	empirical: 128 pm
Covalent radius	132±4 pm
Van der Waals radius	140 pm
	Color lines in a spectral rangeSpectral lines of copper
Other properties
Natural occurrence	primordial
Crystal structure	face-centered cubic (fcc) (cF4)
Lattice constant	Face-centered cubic crystal structure for coppera = 361.50 pm (at 20 °C)
Thermal expansion	16.64×10−6/K (at 20 °C)
Thermal conductivity	401 W/(m⋅K)
Electrical resistivity	16.78 nΩ⋅m (at 20 °C)
Magnetic ordering	diamagnetic
Molar magnetic susceptibility	−5.46×10−6 cm3/mol
Young's modulus	110–128 GPa
Shear modulus	48 GPa
Bulk modulus	140 GPa
Speed of sound thin rod	(annealed); 3810 m/s (at r.t.)
Poisson ratio	0.34
Mohs hardness	3.0
Vickers hardness	343–369 MPa
Brinell hardness	235–878 MPa
CAS Number	7440-50-8
History
Naming	after Cyprus, principal mining place in Roman era (Cyprium)
Discovery	Middle East (9000 BC)
Symbol	"Cu": from Latin cuprum
Isotopes of copper v; e;
β−	64Zn
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Cu · Copper
Ni ← ibox Ni	^iso ₂₉Cu [e] IB-Cu [e] IBisos [e]	→ Zn ibox Zn
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References

↑ "Standard Atomic Weights: Copper". CIAAW. 1969.
↑ Prohaska, Thomas; Irrgeher, Johanna; Benefield, Jacqueline; Böhlke, John K.; Chesson, Lesley A.; Coplen, Tyler B.; Ding, Tiping; Dunn, Philip J. H.; Gröning, Manfred; Holden, Norman E.; Meijer, Harro A. J. (2022-05-04). "Standard atomic weights of the elements 2021 (IUPAC Technical Report)". Pure and Applied Chemistry. doi:10.1515/pac-2019-0603. ISSN 1365-3075.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Arblaster, John W. (2018). Selected Values of the Crystallographic Properties of Elements. Materials Park, Ohio: ASM International. ISBN 978-1-62708-155-9.
↑ Cu(−2) has been observed as dimeric anions [Cu₄]^2– in La₂Cu₂In; see Myung-Hwan Whangbo; Changhoon Lee; Jürgen Köhler (2006). "Transition-Metal Anions in Solids and Their Implications on Bonding". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 45 (44): 7465–7469. doi:10.1002/anie.200602712.
↑ Jackson, Ross A.; Evans, Nicholas J.; Babula, Dawid J.; Horsley Downie, Thomas M.; Charman, Rex S. C.; Neale, Samuel E.; Mahon, Mary F.; Liptrot, David J. (2025-01-28). "Nucleophilicity at copper(-I) in a compound with a Cu–Mg bond". Nature Communications. 16 (1): 1101. Bibcode:2025NatCo..16.1101J. doi:10.1038/s41467-025-56544-z. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 11775243. PMID 39875432.
↑ Moret, Marc-Etienne; Zhang, Limei; Peters, Jonas C. (2013). "A Polar Copper–Boron One-Electron σ-Bond". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135 (10): 3792–3795. Bibcode:2013JAChS.135.3792M. doi:10.1021/ja4006578. PMID 23418750.
↑ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 28. doi:10.1016/C2009-0-30414-6. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
↑ Lide, D. R., ed. (2005). "Magnetic susceptibility of the elements and inorganic compounds". CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (PDF) (86th ed.). Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0486-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-03-03.
↑ Weast, Robert (1984). CRC, Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Boca Raton, Florida: Chemical Rubber Company Publishing. pp. E110. ISBN 0-8493-0464-4.
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 Kondev, F. G.; Wang, M.; Huang, W. J.; Naimi, S.; Audi, G. (2021). "The NUBASE2020 evaluation of nuclear properties" (PDF). Chinese Physics C. 45 (3) 030001. doi:10.1088/1674-1137/abddae.

[CIAAWcopper-1] "Standard Atomic Weights: Copper". CIAAW. 1969.

[CIAAW2021-2] Prohaska, Thomas; Irrgeher, Johanna; Benefield, Jacqueline; Böhlke, John K.; Chesson, Lesley A.; Coplen, Tyler B.; Ding, Tiping; Dunn, Philip J. H.; Gröning, Manfred; Holden, Norman E.; Meijer, Harro A. J. (2022-05-04). "Standard atomic weights of the elements 2021 (IUPAC Technical Report)". Pure and Applied Chemistry. doi:10.1515/pac-2019-0603. ISSN 1365-3075.

[Arblaster_2018-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Arblaster, John W. (2018). Selected Values of the Crystallographic Properties of Elements. Materials Park, Ohio: ASM International. ISBN 978-1-62708-155-9.

[4] Cu(−2) has been observed as dimeric anions [Cu₄]^2– in La₂Cu₂In; see Myung-Hwan Whangbo; Changhoon Lee; Jürgen Köhler (2006). "Transition-Metal Anions in Solids and Their Implications on Bonding". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 45 (44): 7465–7469. doi:10.1002/anie.200602712.

[5] Jackson, Ross A.; Evans, Nicholas J.; Babula, Dawid J.; Horsley Downie, Thomas M.; Charman, Rex S. C.; Neale, Samuel E.; Mahon, Mary F.; Liptrot, David J. (2025-01-28). "Nucleophilicity at copper(-I) in a compound with a Cu–Mg bond". Nature Communications. 16 (1): 1101. Bibcode:2025NatCo..16.1101J. doi:10.1038/s41467-025-56544-z. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 11775243. PMID 39875432.

[6] Moret, Marc-Etienne; Zhang, Limei; Peters, Jonas C. (2013). "A Polar Copper–Boron One-Electron σ-Bond". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135 (10): 3792–3795. Bibcode:2013JAChS.135.3792M. doi:10.1021/ja4006578. PMID 23418750.

[GE28-7] Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 28. doi:10.1016/C2009-0-30414-6. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.

[8] Lide, D. R., ed. (2005). "Magnetic susceptibility of the elements and inorganic compounds". CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (PDF) (86th ed.). Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0486-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-03-03.

[9] Weast, Robert (1984). CRC, Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Boca Raton, Florida: Chemical Rubber Company Publishing. pp. E110. ISBN 0-8493-0464-4.

[NUBASE2020-10] 10.0 ^10.1 Kondev, F. G.; Wang, M.; Huang, W. J.; Naimi, S.; Audi, G. (2021). "The NUBASE2020 evaluation of nuclear properties" (PDF). Chinese Physics C. 45 (3) 030001. doi:10.1088/1674-1137/abddae.

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