carbon has 4 valence electrons and can form a maximum 4 bonds with other atoms.
Carbon has 4 valence electrons.
The carbon atom can form up to four covalent bonds.
A carbon needs 8 electrons to have a solid shell so it usually form 4 other bonds to combine with the 4 electrons it already has
carbon atoms cannot form ionic bonds because it can neither gain or loose electrons as it has 4 electrons in its valence shell.so it share its electrons which forms covalent bond.
This question seems a bit unclear. Perhaps it meant something like: "how many electrons can be shared with carbon atoms?" Anyway, a carbon atom can share 4 electrons with other atoms, including other carbon atoms.
Carbon has 4 valence electrons.
Atoms gain lose or share valence electrons in a way that makes the atoms more stable
Carbon atoms do not gain electrons to form a covalent bond. Carbon atoms form four covalent bonds by sharing its four valence electrons with the valence electrons of other atoms. These can be single bonds, in which one pair of electrons is shared; double bonds, in which two pairs of electrons are shared; or triple bonds, in which three electrons are shared; or a combination of these.
The carbon atom can form up to four covalent bonds.
Valence electrons-electrons that are farthest from an atoms nucleus- are the electrons that form bonds with other atoms.
A carbon needs 8 electrons to have a solid shell so it usually form 4 other bonds to combine with the 4 electrons it already has
carbon atoms cannot form ionic bonds because it can neither gain or loose electrons as it has 4 electrons in its valence shell.so it share its electrons which forms covalent bond.
This question seems a bit unclear. Perhaps it meant something like: "how many electrons can be shared with carbon atoms?" Anyway, a carbon atom can share 4 electrons with other atoms, including other carbon atoms.
carbon and nitrogen atoms form covalent bonds with one another in order to achieve an octet (8) of valence electrons between them.
Carbon atoms have 4 valence electrons, so it can form only 4 bonds. CBr5 would require carbon to form 5 bonds. A molecule composed of carbon and bromine atoms would be CBr4, which is carbon tetrabromide.
Carbon atoms do not have full outer shells. They have four valence electrons, all of which are unpaired. This is why carbon forms bonds easily.
Neutral Carbon atoms contain 6 electrons and 6 protons 2 electrons are found in the 1st electron ring and 4 in the outer ring to reach a stable electron (8 in the outershell) arrangement carbon requires 4 covalent bonds to be formed