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This because it has the valency 4 (called tetra valency) by which it can combine with lots of elements and also it has a property of forming stable compounds
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Are the compounds oxygen and carbon bonded by ionic bonding or covalent bonding?
Oxygen and carbon combine with each other to form covalent compounds as in carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, carbonate ion, etc.
Is carbon and fluorine ionic?
Generally carbon forms covalent compounds. There are compounds with carbon anions, for example CaC2, calcium carbide which contains the C22- anion
How many covalent bonds are typically formed by a carbon atom?
4. Carbon obeys the octet rule. In covalent conpounds it has 4 covalent bonds. It can also form ionic compounds (carbides).
What element forms covalent compounds only?
Carbon is the element tht will form only covalent compound.
What covalent compound contains carbon?
There are many covalent compounds with carbon in them - CO2 or carbon dioxide is one.
What does the number 4 have to do with how carbon forms compounds?
Carbon can form four covalent bonds
Are the compounds oxygen and carbon bonded by ionic bonding or covalent bonding?
Oxygen and carbon combine with each other to form covalent compounds as in carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, carbonate ion, etc.
How many ionic bonds does carbon form in its compounds?
Carbon normally forms four covalent bonds in its compounds, not ionic bonds.
Is carbon and fluorine ionic?
Generally carbon forms covalent compounds. There are compounds with carbon anions, for example CaC2, calcium carbide which contains the C22- anion
How many covalent bonds are typically formed by a carbon atom?
4. Carbon obeys the octet rule. In covalent conpounds it has 4 covalent bonds. It can also form ionic compounds (carbides).
What element forms covalent compounds only?
Carbon is the element tht will form only covalent compound.
What covalent compound contains carbon?
There are many covalent compounds with carbon in them - CO2 or carbon dioxide is one.
Does covalent compound contain carbon?
Yes, many, but not all covalent compounds contain carbon.
Why does carbon form such a large number of compounds?
One carbon atom can form four covalent bonds with oxygen, hydrogen or another carbon. This is because it has four valence electrons.
How do compounds form in a covalent bond?
Covalent bonds form compounds through the sharing of electrons.
Is carbon ideally suited for ionic bonds?
no. carbon generally forms covalent bond. but carbon does form ionic bond with metal ions as in carbides, carbonates, bicarbonates (though the number of covalent compounds of carbon are more)
Are carbon compounds ionic or covalent?
Can be both
