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==What is Copper?==

==What is Copper?==

Copper belongs to the group of nutrients called the '''trace elements'''. These are essential minerals but are designated this particular description as they are required in much smaller amounts than major minerals such as [[Calcium - Nutrition|calcium]] and [[Phosphorus - Nutrition|phosphorus]]. Copper can occur in very small amounts in the free state but most copper exists as cuprous or cupric salts, with oxidation states of Cu¹⁺ and Cu²⁺ respectively.

Copper belongs to the group of nutrients called the '''trace elements'''. These are [[Nutrition Glossary#Essential Nutrients|essential]] [[Minerals - Nutrition|minerals]] but are designated this particular description as they are required in much smaller amounts than major minerals such as [[Calcium - Nutrition|calcium]] and [[Phosphorus - Nutrition|phosphorus]]. Copper can occur in very small amounts in the free state but most copper exists as cuprous or cupric salts, with oxidation states of Cu¹⁺ and Cu²⁺ respectively.

==Why is it Important?==

==Why is it Important?==