Features of stainless steel faucet and copper faucet

1. Stainless steel faucet

Stainless steel has very strong corrosion resistance, hardness and toughness, wear resistance, excellent thermal conductivity, good thermal stability, good chemical stability, non-toxic and harmless, environmental protection and cleanliness. The production and processing process has very little impact on the environment. It is a very ideal faucet material.

Stainless steel faucet has firm structure, long service life and hard surface texture, which can well prevent wear and corrosion. When used, it is not easy to scale, safe and environmental protection, and has almost no adverse impact on human body and environment. With the progress of production technology and processing technology, the stainless steel faucet has a better performance in modeling and appearance. The apparent processes such as bright stainless steel and brushed stainless steel have promoted the decoration of stainless steel faucet to a high level. However, due to the high processing difficulty of stainless steel, the current price of high-quality stainless steel faucets is usually relatively high.

2. Copper faucet

Copper is a very stable metal element and will not undergo oxidation reaction at room temperature. Copper has very strong strength, hardness and wear resistance, non combustion, strong durability, and has its own bactericidal effect, which can significantly reduce the content of microorganisms in water.

The development of copper faucet has experienced a long time. The early copper faucets were mainly made of brass, that is, the most common pure copper faucets on the market. Generally, the content of lead was 4% ~ 8%. After the brass faucet is used for a long time, oxidation reaction will occur to produce copper rust, which contains a lot of lead. Excessive lead in drinking water will lead to lead poisoning. In serious cases, it will affect people's intelligence, renal function and nervous system, and even endanger their lives. In order to avoid the occurrence of copper rust, electroplating treatment is needed in the production process of copper faucet, which has a serious impact on the environment. At the same time, the durability of the electroplating layer is relatively poor, which is easy to be damaged, and then the faucet is corroded and rusted.

In view of these defects of brass faucets, faucet manufacturers have started to research and develop lead-free copper faucets, and made action exploration in electroplating process to solve these problems.

Copper is the first metal material discovered and applied by human beings, which has a natural attraction to human beings. Most art decoration faucets will choose copper as the main material to express the classical artistic style. In particular, retro faucets are usually made of copper or copper alloy into animal heads, dragons and other artistic shapes, which are used in high-end places such as villas and star hotels, or venues that attach great importance to artistic flavor such as museums and art galleries.