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no, because carbon can neither donate or accept electrons , since it has 4 electrons in its outermost shellif it donates the remaining electrons fall into the nucleus as the number of protons is 4 more.And if it accepts nucleus cannot bare 4 more electrons.

so it just forms co-valent bond with other atoms which doesnot need to become an ion before bonding.

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