Copper yana daya daga cikin karafa na farko da dan Adam ya gano, kuma daya daga cikin mafi kyawun karafa masu tsafta.Yana yana da wadannan halaye: dan kadan wuya, musamman m, lalacewa-resistant, mai kyau ductility, mai kyau thermal da lantarki watsin, a lokaci guda, da jan karfe gami yana da kyau lalata juriya, shi ne barga a bushe iska, m kuma za a iya sake haifuwa.Sabili da haka, an yi la'akari da kyawawan kaddarorin abubuwan sarrafa kayan aikin ƙarfe da tagulla a ko'ina a fannonin lantarki, masana'antar kera, sadarwa, motoci, kayan aiki, da masana'antar soja.