Why are iron and aluminum used to make power cables?

Iron is not used to make power cables. It has too high a resistance and it rusts. Copper is a better conductor, but costs too much for the added benefits and is not as strong. read more

Iron is not used to make power cables. It has too high a resistance and it rusts. Copper is a better conductor, but costs too much for the added benefits and is not as strong. Silver is the best conductor, but is obviously far too expensive and is much too weak. Aluminum is the conductor of choice. read more

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So iron is NOT used in the manufacture of power cables, but copper and aluminium (being relatively cheap and plentiful) are. read more