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Copper and Aluminum are the most common types of conductors. But silver is the most conductive metal.

Gold is less corrosive but about 50% less conductive. Silver tends to grow hair when used in close circuits, so gold is used in processors and close circuits like circuit boards or silver with a gold plating to reduce this hair growing corrosion, that causes circuits to short. So the answer is silver is the best conductor of electricity.

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