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Copper

7440-50-8Cu63.546 g/mol
ElementChEBI source record

Copper is indexed in ChEBI under CHEBI:28694, with the reported formula Cu. Use the source record and structural identifiers below to confirm the material you need. — ChEBI

Safety references

Safety documents & references

2 indexed references
US · NIOSH

Occupational chemical safety guide

Copper (dusts and mists, as Cu)

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JP · NITE

Government GHS classification

25B0005 · FY2013

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number7440-50-8ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaCuChEBI ↗
Molar mass63.546 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass62.9296 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:28694ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass63.55 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass62.929597 DaPubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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copper atom
copper
RYGMFSIKBFXOCR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
[Cu]
InChI=1S/Cu

Names & synonyms

copper

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Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

micronutrientEscherichia coli metabolite

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Safety classification · Japan

NITE / Japanese government
Japan · FY2013 source classification
Copper · 25B0005
EndpointReported classification
Skin sensitizationCategory 1A
Specific target organ toxicity - Single exposureCategory 1 (digestive system), Category 3 (respiratory tract irritation)

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.0157366 mol

Uses 63.546 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.

Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
Cu
Copper · 1 atom
100.00%

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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:28694

Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0

NCBI PubChem · CID 23978 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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