why are metals able to conduct current so well?

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why are metals able to conduct current so well? ..

Answer / joe gh.

because of the very small band gap between the valence band and the conduction band, making it very easy for electrons to go from one to another and be qualified as "free" electrons.

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why are metals able to conduct current so well? ..

Answer / abhay

Because of higher density of free electrons.

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why are metals able to conduct current so well? ..

Answer / hari

metals having the low resistivity.whenever resistivity is small the conductivity is high.so only metal conduct the current well.

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