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All metals (copper included) form crystals that have the valance electrons in a free floating sea. They are not affiliate with any single atom and can move (fairly) freely between associated atoms. Shoving a charge in at one end of a wire therefore allows all the electrons to 'shove-over' and kick one out the other end.

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