Copper clad wire (CCS) is an abbreviation for copper clad steel wire, which incorporates both the physical property of steel (i.e., high tensile strength) and the electrical property of copper (i.e., its high electrical conductivity). In short, copper clad steel wires are steel wires covered with copper. The core material used to make copper clad steel wire is generally low carbon steels and is typically employed as either the internal or grounding conductor of coaxial and multilayer cables. Copper clad steel wire can be electroplated or manufactured with silver, nickel, gold, solder, and tin. The applications of CCS includes specialty resistors and capacitors, motors and magnetic assemblies, and intelligent pressure and temperature measuring instrumentations. The electrical resistance to electrical current passing through the cable when exposed to the electric field depends on the thickness of the outer layer of copper used in the wire. This layer is called 'coating' and its ...