CAS Number
7440-50-8
Properties
- heavy metal
- essential trace element for humans and animals
Main sources
- metal industry
- roof coverings
- electronics industry
- brewing copper, heating and cooling coils (good heat conductivity)
- catalysts
- colour pigmentation
Thresholds for the reporting requirement of facilities in accordance with Annex 2 PRTRO
(Ordinance on the Register relating to Pollutant Release and the Transfer of Waste and of Pollutants in Waste Water)
- Air 100 kg/year
- Water 50 kg/year
- Soil 50 kg/year
Impacts
- water polluting (copper ions can be very toxic)
