@starseeker@snouts.online copper clad aluminum maybe...? But would aluminum dissolve in nitric acid? probably

@starseeker@snouts.online common types of electrical wire are solid copper, solid aluminum, stranded copper or aluminum, stranded aluminum around a steel core for structural strength, tin plated copper, and in extremely specialized applications, silver plated copper or solid/stranded silver. Gold is also used for bond wires internal to ICs, but you don't often see it otherwise except for gold-plated connectors

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@starseeker@snouts.online oh and also nichrome wire is really common because it's good for making wire-wound resistors and heating elements

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