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Sodium conducts electricity because...

Sodium conducts electricity because

A

It is a soft alkali metal

B

It has only one electron in the outermost orbit

C

It has mobile electrons

D

It gives hydrogen with water.

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C
Sodium conducts electricity due to free mobile electrons (metallic conductance).
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