Question

2 factors which explains versatile nature of carbon

Answer 1

Carbon is a very friendly element. The number of carbon compounds which are known to scientists till date is more than three million. It is owing to this property of it is called a versatile element.

This versatile nature is because of:

Tetravalency:Tetra means four and valency means the number of electrons gained or losed or shared to attain stable configuration. So, tetravalency refers to the phenomenon of sharing four electrons by an element to attain stable condition.

Now, the electronic configuration of carbon is 2, 4. It shares four electrons with other elements to attain a stable configuration.

Catenation:This is a property of self-linking. This property depends on size of atom which will decide the M-M bond strength. This property is more unique for carbon as more than thousand atoms of carbon can be linked together.

Answer 2

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1.) Catenation :


Carbon has unique of bonds with other atoms carbon , giving rise to large molecules .This property is called catenation.


2.) Tetra valency :

Carbon has four valence electrons so it is capable of bonded with four other atoms of carbon or other monovalent element.



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