alkanes.
The bond is covalent; the meaning of saturated is a single bond between carbon atoms (C-C).
A single carbon atom can bond with up to four other atoms.
Saturated
One Carbon can form four single covalent bonds with Hydrogen atoms.
The bond is covalent; the meaning of saturated is a single bond between carbon atoms (C-C).
An alkane.
The bond is covalent; the meaning of saturated is a single bond between carbon atoms (C-C).
Alkanes have ordinary covalent single carbon-carbon bonds and carbon-hydrogen bonds. Alkenes have double carbon-carbon bonds.
A single carbon atom can bond with up to four other atoms.
Saturated
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Carbon atoms are arranged in a tetrahedral fashion. Four carbon atoms will form single covalent bonds around the central atom all at the maximum angle away from each other (approx 109 degrees). These four are then joined by a further three carbon atoms again all having single covalent bonds. These bonds just keep forming. Use this link, below, to get a view of it: the black dots represent carbon atoms and the lines are single covalent bonds.In a diamond, the carbon atoms are arranged tetrahedrally.
One Carbon can form four single covalent bonds with Hydrogen atoms.
The bond is covalent; the meaning of saturated is a single bond between carbon atoms (C-C).
A single (nonpolar) covalent joins the carbon atom to each of the hydrogen atoms.
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A single straight line is used to represent a single covalent bond between atoms. As examples,C-H is a carbon bonded to a hydrogen by a single covalent bond. S-O is a sulfur bonded to an oxygen by a single covalent bond.