Question

What will be the formula of carbon tetra chloride and how?

Answer 1

The formula for carbon tetrachloride is CCl4. This compound is made up of one carbon (C) ion and four (tetra) chlorine (Cl) ions.

Answer 2

Answer:

$CCl_4$

Explanation:

Carbon tetra chloride  means carbon compound having 4 chlorine atoms.

Carbon has 4 electrons in its valence shell. So, it can share 4 electrons.

Chlorine has 7 electrons in its valence shell. So it needs 1 electron to complete its octet which it will get by the shared electrons from carbon.

So, their structure will be like this (as attached image file)