Copper Oxide

Copper Oxide is an insoluble thermally stable copper source suitable for glass, optic and ceramic applications as well as others. Copper oxide is a black solid known as tenorite in mineral form, it can be formed by heating copper in the presence of oxygen. Oxide compounds are not conductive to electricity.
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Photo of copper oxide powder.

Uses for Copper Oxide

  • Used as a pigment in ceramics to produce blue, red, and green glazes
  • Used to produce cuprammonium hydroxide solutions which are used to make rayon
  • Occasionally used as a dietary supplement in animals to prevent copper deficiency
  • Can be used as a p-type semiconductor
  • Copper(II) Oxide can be used to produce copper salts
  • Used in welding copper alloys
  • As a substitute for iron oxide in thermite, which can turn the thermite from an incendiary to a low explosive