Question

give reasons why carbon can neither form c^4+ captions nor c^4 - anions but forms covalent compounds. Also state the reason to explain why covalent compounds are bad conductors of electricity and have low melting and boiling points



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Answer 1

Explanation:

covalent compounds are bad conductors due to the absence of charged particles(cations or anions) as these are formed between two non metals.They have low mp and bp bc... as these are formed bw two non metals their are no charged particles which results in weaker bond formation that can easily be broken.