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Why does Carbon not react with Water?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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13y ago

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Carbon can't react with water because it one of the very stable elements. To make it react with water you would need a high tempature.

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Water is a polar substance, so it generally only dissolves polar and ionic substances.

Since carbon is a single element it is nonpolar.

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It forms carbonic acid.

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