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It is not clear what you mean by poor metals. Metals can be cheap, but they cannot be poor. All metals, whether cheap or expensive, share certain basic characteristics. They all have between 1 and 3 valance electrons, and they all tend to undergo chemical reactions in which they lose electrons, or in the case of a metallic bond, share electrons in the form of a cloud. They are all good electrical conductors.

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