Valency of carbon in methane is defined as
A. Electrovalency
B. Covalency
C. Coordinate covalency
D. None
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Hydrogen has its valency 1 and carbon being tetravalent needs four valence electrons to acquire noble gas configuration, where it shares its 4 electrons with four hydrogen atoms. Therefore, the valency of carbon atom in Methane (CH4) is 4.
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Valency is 4 in methane
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