What is Cuprous Oxide Cu2O Used For?

Russian president demanded that exports of Russian gas to “unfriendly” countries be settled in rubles. The demand has raised concerns in Germany about possible supply disruptions and the impact on industry and households if utilities do not pay in robles. Europe gets about 40% of its gas from Russia. Last year, Europe imported about 155 billion cubic meters. Germany, Europe’s largest economy, depends heavily on Russian gas.

The chief executive of Germany’s E.ON said the German economy would face “significant damage, which should be avoided if possible” without Russian supplies. He also said it would take Germany three years to wean itself off Russian gas.  

In the event of a supply disruption, Germany’s gas network regulator would prioritize home heating over industrial use, so energy-hungry manufacturers such as steelmakers would be the first to suffer, he said.

The volatile international situations will continue to affect the markets and prices of many commodities like the Cu2O powder.

What is Cuprous Oxide Cu2O?
Cuprous oxide, the chemical formula is Cu2O, is a univalent copper oxide, bright red powder solid, almost insoluble in water, in acidic solution disproportionation into bivalent copper and copper elemental, gradually oxidized in wet air into black copper oxide. 
 
Cuprous oxide is commonly used as pigment, fungicide, and antifouling agent in Marine coatings. Rectifier diodes based on this material were used in industry as early as 1924, long before silicon became the standard. Copper oxide (I) is also responsible for the positive pink color of Benedict’s test. 
 
What is Cupric and Cuprous Oxide? 
Copper is a red-orange metal with high conductivity to heat and electricity. It shares this ability with silver and gold because each of these elements has a “free-agent” electron that can negotiate chemical bonds with any available atom around it. All the other electrons are tightly bound to their group, but this one is susceptible to transfer. 
 
When copper is exposed to a water molecule (two hydrogens and one oxygen), this free electron is transferred to a neighboring oxygen atom, binding it into a single molecule. If only one copper atom is bound to the oxygen molecule, it is called copper oxide. If two copper atoms bond with one oxygen atom, it is cuprous oxide. Copper oxide is considered “fully oxidized” while cuprous oxide remains active.
The key to cuprous oxide is its active state, which makes it very effective as a fungicide.  It’s still producing reactive oxygen, highly reactive molecules. These are unstable molecules that can cause damage to cellular structures.
 
What is Cuprous Oxide Used For? 
Antifouling paint for ships and ship bottoms; It is an effective control of corrosion. 
Paint for glass and porcelain.
Used as p-type semiconductor material for the manufacture of photocells for light meters and for the manufacture of rectifiers. 
Used as a fungicide and seed dressing agent.
Cuprous oxide is commonly used as a catalyst in the production of other chemicals. Used for manufacturing zinc chloride, ferrous chloride, etc. It is also used as a UV absorber in surface treatment products.
Cuprous oxide is one of the most common oxides in batteries, accounting for 9% to 15% of all batteries. It is also used in metal production, construction and construction, and in the production of plastics and other organic compounds. It is an ingredient in some paints and is used as an oxidant in many metal plating processes.
Used in industrial and construction industries as ultra-high purity reagents, catalysts and effective preservatives. It is particularly suitable for manufacturing and process control, as well as the construction industry. It is also used in water treatment, particularly for purifying water to remove dissolved particles and for polymerization of specific polymers. 
Used as a catalyst in metallurgy, the process is important for steel production. Catalysts act as reducing agents in the oxidation of iron.
Used as pigments and flame retardants, and as a flux in metal smelting.
 
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The development of the Russia-Ukraine conflict will continue to dominate the commodity prices such as the Cu2O powder in the future. If the conflict eases or cools, Russia and Ukraine go back to negotiate, commodity prices would fall. However, if the situation between Russia and Ukraine deteriorates further, or evolves into a full-scale war, the price of the Cu2O powder is predicted to see further improvement over the coming days.