Carbon has the ability to form two triple bonds, thus, making it capable of bonding with numerous other elements.
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Carbon is many senses is a very special element.
This is important. For example, because of the electron arrangement, oxygen and nitrogen can never really be non-polar.
This ability to be non polar, but making polar bonds is perhaps vital to life on earth, and the reason why cell membranes can be effective.
Anyway, put these together and they are like an infinite sized tinkertoy set. Remember that carbon will make bonds with essentially any other element on the Periodic Table except the Noble Gasses.
Another aspect is that "life" on earth chose to use Carbon as it's basic building block. Other elements such as Silicon, or Germanium would have functioned similarly, or perhaps even Nitrogen. But, since Carbon is the core building block for all life on earth, it is also the core of all organic compounds.
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Because it has like four outer electrons and like they are like with carbon and like for each like carbon it can kinda like sorta share with like other carbons and like yeah.
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It has 4 outer/valence electrons
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Its tetravalence and its intermediate value of electronegativity.
Carbon is able to form so many different compounds because it has four bonding electrons. Meaning that it can bond up to four other atoms per one carbon atom.
different type of bond and the strength of the forces of attraction between carbon atoms, e.g strong covalent bonds = diamond
Carbon atoms can form chains of many carbon atoms by sharing electrons.
Carbon can form long chains of covalent bonds.
Organic Compounds
fouer valence electrons
organic compound
burns easily
Carbon Family (14) - includes a nonmetal (carbon), two metalloids (silicon and germanium) and two metals (tin and lead) - vary greatly in both physical and chemical properties - occur in nature in both combined and elemental forms - have four valence electrons - are relatively unreactive - tend to form covalent compounds (tin and lead also form ionic compounds)
no but carbon does
Carbon is the element that forms maximum number of compounds
yes plastic is a form of carbohydrates.
Silicon can form many compounds. It, like carbon, can bind in many ways with itself and with other chemicals, making a huge number of possible compounds.
It is carbon!
When element chemically combine, they form compounds that have properties that are similar to those of the uncombined elements
True. Compounds do not have the same properties as the elements that form them.
The products of a complete burning are carbon dioxide (sometimes oxides of nitrogen and sulfur), water vapors and a residue of oxides. Of course these compounds are very different from the reactants - chemically and physically.
One reason that carbon atoms can form large numbers of compounds is that a carbon atom forms four bonds in its compounds.
Carbon atoms have the ability to form strong links with four other atoms and hence can form a large variety of compounds. Methane, Ethane, Carbon Tetra-chloride and more are part of a large number of organic and inorganic compounds formed by carbon. Carbon compounds are those containing carbon.
Some characteristics of organic compounds are that many are gases or solids that have low melting points and they do not conduct electricity. Some characteristics of inorganic compounds are almost all are insoluble inorganic solvents, they do form ions that can conduct electricity, and most have high melting points.
The properties remain the same in a mixtrue.
True. Compounds do not have the same properties as the elements that form them.
Becuase of the sizes shapes and properties
they change!!
Carbon form carbon dioxide by oxydation.