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Because such metals allow electricity to flow more freely through them than it can flow through most other things (wood, for example, is a poor conductor).

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Most metals are good conductors of electricity because they have a high density of free electrons that are able to flow easily through the material when a voltage is applied. This ability to carry electric current efficiently is what makes metals good conductors.

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(1) metals have less electrons accomadated in thier outermost shell. (2) electrons move freely in all direction,

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