it can make covalent bonds!
Carbon may have 4 bonds :)
A single carbon can make four bonds but they may not all be single i.e it could make 4 single bonds (as in methane) or 2 double bonds (as in cardon dioxide) or one triple bond and a single bond (as in Ethyne).
Carbon typically forms covalent bonds. It is rare for it to form ionic bonds.
4 per carbon is the maximum in most circumstances
Carbon can make 4 bonds with hydrogen. Nitrogen can make 3 bonds with hydrogen. Oxygen can make 2 bonds with hydrogen.
Carbon has the ability to make 4 strong covalent bonds with other elements or carbon atoms. Also it can make stable double, triple bonds with other atoms. Carbon can make long stable chains .
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because it is a gas
Carbon is the element required to be a part of a molecule to make it organic. Organic compounds are those that contain carbon-hydrogen (C-H) bonds.
No. Carbon has four valence electrons and can make four bonds.
Carbon is in Group V. Thus, it needs 4 more electrons so as to achieve the octet structure in its valence shell. As such, carbon has make at most 4 single covalent bonds. The least number of covalent bonds carbon can make is 2 double bonds. We do not see an example of carbon forming 1 covalent bond involving the sharing of all 4 of its valence electrons.