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When they make shaped charges, why do they use copper as the metal surrounding the charge?
Why is this specific metal used ? Why not zinc or steel? Copper is kind of an expensive metal, so there must be a reason why copper is used for this purpose.
3 Answers
- Team ChiefLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
Copper has a fairly low melting point, so it doesn't take as big a charge to melt it as it would to melt zinc or steel.
- plays_poorly...Lv 71 decade ago
Notice, too, that zinc is even lower-melting than copper, so part of reason one goes away.
- 1 decade ago
ya i agree with team chief
Due to fully filled configuration and larger size it has low mp
as a result can easily be moulded
