Mhangura chinhu chemakemikari chine Cu (kubva muchiLatin: cuprum) uye nhamba yeatomu 29. isimbi ine ductile ine zvinopisa zvinotyisa uye zvemagetsi zvinobatika. Mhangura yakachena yakapfava uye inoumbika; nzvimbo ichangobva kuratidzwa inobatanidza ruvara rutsvuku-orenji. inoshandiswa semugadziri wekudziya uye magetsi, chivakwa chekuvakisa, uye chikamu cheakasanganiswa esimbi alloys.

Iyo simbi uye alloys ayo yakashandiswa kwezviuru zvemakore. mukati menguva yeRoma, mhangura yainyanya kucherwa kuKupro, saka kwakabva zita resimbi se cyprium (simbi yeKupro), rakazopfupikiswa kuti сuprum. Makomisheni ayo akaenzana chiyero chinowanzo sangana semhangura (II) munyu, iyo inogara ichipa bhuruu kana girinhi mavara kune zvicherwa seazurite uye turquoise uye yakashandiswa zvakanyanya seyakajairwa se pigment. kudzidza zvivakwa zvakavakwa nemhangura corrode kupa green verdigris (kana patina). art yekushongedza inoratidzira mhangura, zvese zviri zviviri uye sechikamu che pigment.

Mhangura yakakosha kune zvese zvipenyu semucherechedzo wekudya mamineral nekuda kweiyo yakakosha chikamu chekufema protein advanced cytochrome enzyme. Mune molluscs uye yekirasi mhangura inhengo yeropa pigment hemocyanin, iyo inotsiviwa nesimbi-yakaoma hemoglobin muhove uye akasiyana vertebrates. iyo yakanyanya square measureas iyo mhangura inowanikwa muvanhu chiropa, tsandanyama nebhonzo. Mhangura inosanganisa sikweya chiyero inoshandiswa sebiological process zvinhu, fungicides, uye zvinochengetedza huni.