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what is meant by tetravalency of carbon ?
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Carbon is normally tetravalent, meaningit makes four bonds to other atoms. ... The lines represent two electron bonds, the dots represent electrons, and the balloons represent orbitals. Carbon has four valence electrons, that is, four electrons in the outermost shell.
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Carbon atom has 4 electrons in valence shell. So it will complete its octet by sharing its four valence electrons with other atoms. Carbon forms four covalent bonds by sharing valence electrons. This is called as tetravalency of carbon.
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