Copper Products
Energy Efficiency
Health & Nutrition
Environment
Technology
About Copper
Newsroom
Professionals
Building Products
Consumer and Electronic Products
Transportation
Agriculture
Industrial Applications and Machinery
Bearings
Brass Components
Defense
Electric Power
Marine Protection
Molds
Motors
Nuclear Waste
Paper Manufacturing
Pasta Makers
Plastic Manufacturing
Printing Technology
Rod and Bar
Signal Transmission
Tools
Transformers
Undersea Cables
Future Applications
Industrial Applications and Machinery
-> Signal Transmission
Radio and television signals are carried to transmission antennas by hollow conduits, called wave guides. Wave guides containing oxygen-free high-conductivity copper are 30-40% more efficient than wave guides made from aluminum.
©2010 International Copper Association
