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9/3 @ Tokyo Call for Participants] Surprising power of familiar "Copper"! Let's experience its super antibacterial performance!

2022.08.31
[9/3 @ Tokyo Call for Participants] Surprising power of familiar "copper"! Let's experience its super antibacterial performance!

LIBERNESS Corporation, the International Copper Association, and the Japan Copper Center have jointly developed an experimental class program to allow students to experience the fascination of copper, and we are looking for participants for the class to be held on September 3 in Tokyo for middle and high school students. We are looking forward to your participation.

Outline of the project

How much do you know about the amazing power of the familiar metal "copper"?

Copper not only supports the lives of many people through its thermal and electrical conductivity, as we learn in school, but copper also has super antibacterial and antiviral properties that destroy (kill or inactivate) microorganisms and viruses that cause infectious diseases.

In fact, the "trace metal action," which is an amazing antimicrobial action with only a small amount of copper known since the end of the 19th century, is effective not only against bacteria but also against new coronavirus infections, and the mechanism and efficacy of this action have recently attracted much attention. Therefore, we will have an experience to learn about the "super antibacterial performance" of "copper," a substance that is already active in our daily lives, and to think about its potential.

Co-sponsored by International Copper Association and Japan Copper Center, Inc.
Cooperation: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
Operated by: Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.
Time: Saturday, September 3, 2022, 14:00-16:00
Location: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation "SQUARE LAB
(Okura Prestige Tower, 10-4, Toranomon 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Duration: 120 min.
Target: About 20 junior high and high school students

Click here to apply

Flow of the day

lecture Copper" used in our daily life
Experiment (1) (2) Experience the basic properties of copper!
(1) Thermal conductivity experiment (2) Electrical conductivity experiment
lecture Introduction of "super antibacterial performance," which has been the focus of much attention recently
Experiment 3) (3) Let's investigate the "super antibacterial performance" of copper in a microorganism culture experiment!
break
lecture Why does copper have various properties? We will explore the secrets of its molecular structure!
workshop Think of a new way to use copper's "super antibacterial performance" and present it! 
summary Summary, survey
Special Events Experience everything from copper mining to processing through exhibits and VR.SQUARE LAB" tour