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How many electrons does carbon share to complete its valence shell?
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∙ 11y ago
Carbon has 4 valence electrons. It needs four more to form the octet. So carbon will share four electrons
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∙ 9y agoCarbon has four valence electrons. This means that it can form up to four single shared bonds with other elements or any combination thereof.
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∙ 15y agoit shares four.
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∙ 12y ago4 electrons on the valence shell.
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How many Core electron in Ne?
Neon is a noble gas with 10 electrons. Neon has 2 core electrons and 8 valence electrons. It does not share electrons with other elements to form bonds.
Bond between hydrogen and carbon?
The bond between carbon and hydrogen is covalent, in which carbon and hydrogen share a pair of electrons.
Which molecules show an appropriate number of bonds around each carbon atom?
A molecule that shows an appropriate number of bonds around each carbon atom will display carbon with 4 bonds. Carbon has 4 valence electrons and wants to share 4 times to get a total of 8.
How many covalent bonds does f2 have?
One single covalent bond. F is in group 17, and has 7 valence electrons and requires to share 1 to achieve the octet.
What do elements in the same group or family share?
Elements in the same family are related because of shared properties. For example, all the elements in the noble gas family do not react to anything and are colorless, nonflammable, odorless, and tasteless under normal circumstances.
How many valence electrons can carbon share?
4
How many electrons does carbon atoms share?
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.
How many valence electrons can a carbon atom share?
4
What happen to carbon atoms valence electrons when it bonds with other atoms?
Atoms gain lose or share valence electrons in a way that makes the atoms more stable
What Type of bonding all carbon compounds have?
mostly all carbon compounds have covalent bonding since carbon can't donate it's valence shell electrons it can share those electrons
What is the main reason so many molecules are made from carbon atoms?
Because , Carbon has 4 valence electrons , which is the best number of valence electrons , because it can easily give or take or share that number . . (: ~ Hope this heelps . <3
Why would some atoms share more than one pair of electrons?
Atoms are always trying to get a full valence shell (outer shell of electrons) to make themselves stable. Hydrogen and Helium only need two electrons to do this, but the other elements need eight electrons in their valence shell. Atoms try to accomplish this in the easiest way possible, using single bonds. Sometimes, though, this doesn't work. A common example of double bonding is carbon dioxide. Carbon has four electrons in its valence shell and wants to have eight. That means it wants other atoms to share four electrons with it so it can fill its shell. The two oxygen atoms that it bonds to when it becomes carbon dioxide have six electrons in their valence shell and want eight. That means they want to share two electrons each with another atom so they can have eight electrons in their valence shell and be "full". The atoms work together, sharing electrons to fill each other's valence shells, and each of the two oxygens form a double bond with carbon. The carbon atom gets two electrons from each oxygen (four total) to add to its own four to make a total of eight electrons (a full valence shell). Each oxygen gets two electrons from the carbon atom to add to its own six, making a total of eight electrons (a full valence shell). Basically, atoms share more than one pair of electrons in double or triple bonds because it's the best way for them to fill their valence shell.
How many electron pairs does carbon share in order to complete valence shell?
it shares four.
In a reaction how many valence electrons will probably gain two electrons or share two covalent bonds?
In a reaction u need two valence electrons to gain or share two valence electrons.
When two different types of atoms share electrons to complete an octet what type of bond is formed?
covalent - which means "sharing of valence electrons"
Does carbon share electrons?
Carbon only forms covalent bonds, it always shares electons If carbon is bonded to a more electronegative element, the electron pair will be closer to the more electronegative element making carbon the positive end of the bond. If carbon is bonded to a less electronegative element, the electron pair will be closer to the carbon atom making carbon the negative end of the bond.
What are coordinate covalent bonds?
this is a strange bond that forms (for example) with CO, carbon monoxide when the octet rule cannot be satsified by ordinary means. covalent bonds require all atoms get a full orbital of electrons. they share the valence electrons to do so. Carbon has 4 valence electrons, oxygen has six. to combine them together, with carbon dioxide, it's easy to see how the carbon shares two valence electrons with each oxygen, and the oxygen shares two valence electrons back to the central carbon, both oxygen and carbon share 8 electrons with carbon being double bonded to both oxygens. with carbon monoxide, carbon shares 2 electrons in a double bond to oxygen because oxygen only needs to get 2 electrons. this leaves carbon "short" electrons. carbon has 4 valence electrons, borrows 2 back in the double bond from oxygen, but this leaves only six for carbon which is unstable. so... oxygen shares a pair of its unbonded electrons with the carbon as well, the coordinate covalent bond. usually electrons are shared by both atoms to form a bond. the C=O double bond does not make carbon stable, so the carbon octet is made possible by oxygen sharing 2 of its electrons, but both of these electrons are "oxygen" only electrons.
