Question

Explain why carbon forms covalent bonds ?Give two reasons for carbon forming alarge number of compound

Answer 1

the reason are

the valency of carbon is 4.

so it has to lose 4 electron to get noble gas configuration which need more eneegy

to gain electron the nucleus is hard to hold 10electron with 6 proton

so it overcomes it by making covalent bonds

two reason

because of its small size it will be able to make stronger covalent bonds as the shell is near.

as its valency is four it can make covalent bond with 4 different or same element