What is the versatile nature of carbon?
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Explanation:
tetra valency
catenation
small size
★ Versatile nature of carbon:
1. Catenation.
2. Tetravalency.
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★ Catenation:
→ This is one of the properties of carbon atoms, this have the self linking properties of carbon.
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→ This forms chain like structure forms the covalent bond such as long, straight, branched and rings of different sizes, this is called ”catenation”.
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→ This property is because if the small size of carbon atoms and because of the strength of the carbon-carbon bonds.
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★ Tetravalent:
→ Due to this nature of carbon, Carbon creates the covalent bond via sharing it's 4 valence electron with other electrons.
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→ As we know that the carbon is a atom having 4 valence electron. Since it can neither lose nor gain it's valence electrons due to “Octel law”.