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Question
which element is most likely to allow electricity to pass through it?
copper
carbon
helium
sulfur
Brief Explanations
Electrical conductivity in elements depends on the presence of free, mobile charge carriers. Copper is a metal with a sea of delocalized electrons that can easily carry electric current. Carbon (in most forms like graphite is conductive but not as strongly as copper; diamond is an insulator), helium is a noble gas with no free charge carriers, and sulfur is a nonmetal with no mobile electrons for conduction.
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