Copper reflects most near-infrared laser light and conducts absorbed heat away faster than almost any other engineering metal. GRCop-42's move into commercial powder catalogs shows how feedstock morphology, oxide content, and particle size distribution are being engineered around that problem rather than worked around it.
Sintered contacts, additive manufactured heat exchangers, EV motor components, and conductive pastes each require a different copper powder. This article explains why morphology, particle size distribution, oxygen content, and packing density are engineering variables, and how to specify them correctly for electrification applications.
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