Trace impurities in red copper have serious influence on the conductivity and thermal conductivity of copper. Among them, titanium, phosphorus, iron and silicon significantly reduce the electrical conductivity, while cadmium and zinc have little effect. The solid solubility of oxygen, sulfur, selenium and tellurium in copper is very small, and they can form brittle compounds with copper, which have little effect on electrical conductivity, but can reduce machining plasticity.