why carbon are included in non-metal?
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Carbon is considered as one of the most important non metal because it can form various compounds by making bonds with different atoms or Same atoms(carbon) due to the property of catenation and tetra valency.
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pCarbon has four electrons in its valence shell; it needs four more electrons to complete its octet, which it does by sharing electrons.
Since, metals are donors with 1, 2 or 3 valence electrons, so they cannot react with carbon.carbon form covalent compound while metal form ionic compounds. metal have tendency to lose the electronHydrogen is included in activity series since it donate electron like metal and form positive ion although it is not a metal.
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