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The reason for conductivity of copper wire is ​

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Answered by Anonymous
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The electrons can move freely through the metal. For this reason, they are known as free electrons. They are also known as conduction electrons, because they help copper to be a good conductor of heat and electricity.

Answered by diksha30508
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Explanation:

Copper is a metal made up of copper atoms closely packed together.

If we could look closely enough, we would see that there are electrons moving about between the copper atoms.

Each copper atom has lost one electron and become a positive ion. So copper is a lattice of positive copper ions with free electrons moving between them. (The electrons are a bit like the particles of a gas that is free to move within the surfaces of the wire).

The electrons can move freely through the metal. For this reason, they are known as free electrons. They are also known as conduction electrons, because they help copper to be a good conductor of heat and electricity.

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