Here is a brief description of copper. Image of a sample provided by Advent Research Materials Ltd . Copper is one of the most important metals.
Copper is reddish with a bright metallic lustre.
Its alloys, brass and bronze, are very important. Monel and gun metals also contain copper. To play the movies, you need QuickTime for MacOS or Windows installed, or some other MPEG movie viewer. The picture above shows the result of adding different metal salts to a burning reaction mixture of potassium chlorate and sucrose. The red colour originates from strontium sulphate.