b. For electrical conductivity, is there any correlation with the periodic chart? Give the outer electron structure (e.g., Cr= 4s¹3d5) of the best conducting elements and comment on a possible relationship between the electron structure and the conductivity.

b. For electrical conductivity, is there any correlation with the periodic chart? Give the outer electron structure (e.g., Cr= 4s¹3d5) of the best conducting elements and comment on a possible relationship between the electron structure and the conductivity.

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Extreme Properties of Elements.
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density
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b. For electrical conductivity, is there any correlation with the periodic chart? Give the outer
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possible relationship between the electron structure and the conductivity.

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