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In order to fill its outer shell how many bonds will carbon make?
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∙ 14y ago
4 electrons are required to fill the outer shell of a carbon atom. This, the second shell of carbon, can contain two 2s electrons and six 2p electrons, but in a neutral carbon atom it actually contains only two 2s electrons and two 2p electrons. Therefore, four more electrons are required to fill the outer shell.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 14y agoActually Carbon atom has 4 electrons in its valence shell, and it must gain 4 electrons
to attain the electronic configuration of Neon or it must loose 4 electrons to attain
the electronic configuration of Helium in order to become stable.
But gaining or loosing 4 electrons would require a lot of energy so it forms covalent bond with most of the elements in order to complete its octet.
For example:- CH4 molecule. Here carbon shares its 4 valence electrons with each Hydrogen's 1 valence electron to complete its octet and Hydrogen completing its duplet.
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∙ 14y agoCarbon will make 4 covalent bonds to fill its valance (outer) shell.
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∙ 12y agoCarbon needs 4 electrons to fill its outer shell. Two of the six electrons are in the inner "s" shell, and the remaining 4 stay in the outer "p" shell.
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∙ 14y agoit can only make 4
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How many covalent bonds does carbon need to create it's outer shell?
Carbon needs 4 covalent bonds to fill its outer shell.
What feature allows carbon to form four covalent bonds?
the four electrons in its outer shell
Which answer helps to explain why carbon atoms tend to make 4 covalent bonds?
Carbon has 4 electrons in its outer shell - making four bonds would give it the octet.
The number of covalent bonds that a carbon atom can form with other atoms is what?
4 Carbon has 4 covalent bonds. Altogether Carbon has 6 electrons, 2 in the inner (1st) shell and 4 in the outer (2nd) shell. It takes 8 electrons in the outer shell to make elements stable (excluding Hydrogen and Helium) so Carbon needs 4 more electrons to make it stable - so it needs 4 more bonds, with each bond giving one more electron to be stable.
How many bonds will nitrogen have to form to fill its outer energy level?
Nitrogen would have three bonds in order to fill its valence shell.
How many covalent bonds does carbon need to create it's outer shell?
Carbon needs 4 covalent bonds to fill its outer shell.
Is carbon an element that dose not form bonds easily because it has a full outer shell?
No. Carbon forms bonds very easily and it's outer shell is only half full.
Does carbon form bonds easily because it has a full outer shell?
Carbon atoms do not have full outer shells. They have four valence electrons, all of which are unpaired. This is why carbon forms bonds easily.
What are the number of single bonds that can be formed by a carbon atom?
Carbon bonds with 4 bonds, shown by the need of four electrons to complete it's outer shell
What feature allows carbon to form four covalent bonds?
the four electrons in its outer shell
Is iron carbonate likely to decompose?
carbon atom only has four outer electrons. carbon form 4 covalent bonds to gain a complete outer shell & can only form 4 bonds
What do not form bonds easily because it has a full outer shell aluminum carbon helium or calcium?
Helium
How many bonds can be form in a carbon?
A carbon atom needs four electrons to have a full outer shell so I guess it can form a maximum of four bonds.
Which answer helps to explain why carbon atoms tend to make 4 covalent bonds?
Carbon has 4 electrons in its outer shell - making four bonds would give it the octet.
How many atoms are in the outer Shell of carbon?
there are four electrons on the outer shell of carbon..
Which elements does not form bonds easliy because it has full outer shell aluminum carbon helium calcium?
Helium
What elements does not form bonds easily because it has a full outer shell aluminum carbon helium calcium?
Helium
