What kind of particles make up copper metal? Why are the particles so close together and what kind of movement is there?
Copper is an element so it is just one type of atom that of copper when it is pure. The movement is that of electron movement. There are different energy bands that are associated with different elements and there does not require much energy to bring it up to a different level such that the electrons jump up into a conduction band such that they are not bound to the atoms. Other good conductors are Silver and Gold are excellent conductors. This is related to the ease movement of electrons related to that of any heat above zero is sufficient to raise the electrons to a high enough level to be in a conduction band such that a very small amount of energy is necessary to get the electrons moving. Insulators on the other hand it is extremely difficult to raise the materials up to the energy needed to move the electrons to a conduction band the material would be destroyed before they would get up to a sufficient level of energy to move. This is related to the structure of the atom. Metals are conductors and almost all metals are conductors some are better. All nonmetals are not very good conductors. This has to do with the energy band structure of the atom itself. Electrons from the valence band into an energy conduction band to where they become free electrons.
Copper is an element - a a substance that cannot be decomposed or transformed into other chemical substances by ordinary chemical processes.
Copper is made up of atoms as any other heck around you and you yourself too are made up of loads of atoms which is generally made by protons,neutrons and electrons and all those chemistry stuff!
