The followinguses for copper are gathered from a number of sources as well as from anecdotal comments. I would be delighted to receive corrections as well as additionalreferenced uses.

• wire
• coinage metal
• copper compounds such as Fehling's solution are widely used in analytical chemistry in tests for sugar
• the electrical industry is one of the largest users of copper
• copper sulphate is used as an agricultural poison, and water purifier