Why Carbon makes only Covalent bonds?
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✔️Carbon is a versatile element.
In short , the entire living kingdom is made from carbon. Carbon is the basic ingredient of our body.
✔️Millions of molecules ranging from small and simple methane molecule to extremely big DNA molecule are made from carbon.
First of all, What's Covalent Bond??
✔️The chemical Bond formed by the sharing of two valence electrons between two atoms is called Covalent Bond.
✔️The Covalent Bond between two carbon atoms is strong and therefore stable.
Carbon is bestowed with catenation power due to the strong and stable covalent bonds.
✔️One, Two Or Three Covalent Bonds can together Bond two carbon atoms. These bonds are Single covalent bonds, double covalent bonds and triple covalent bonds.
✔️Hence, Carbon only forms covalent bonds with carbon or any other because carbon needs four electrons it cannot lose four electrons.
✔️To gain stability, it should lose its valence electrons, gain four more electrons or share its 4 valence electrons with other atoms.
✔️It can't lose electrons because of the following reason..
✔️We know that, Carbon has 4 Valence electrons in its outer electron shell.
✔️Hence, Losing or gaining 4 electrons is tough because of the higher electrostatic force between them.
Thus, it shares electrons than losing or gaining it.
✔️Hence, it is proved that Carbon makes only Covalent bonds.
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✔️Carbon is a versatile element.
In short , the entire living kingdom is made from carbon. Carbon is the basic ingredient of our body.
✔️Millions of molecules ranging from small and simple methane molecule to extremely big DNA molecule are made from carbon.
First of all, What's Covalent Bond??
✔️The chemical Bond formed by the sharing of two valence electrons between two atoms is called Covalent Bond.
✔️The Covalent Bond between two carbon atoms is strong and therefore stable.
Carbon is bestowed with catenation power due to the strong and stable covalent bonds.
✔️One, Two Or Three Covalent Bonds can together Bond two carbon atoms. These bonds are Single covalent bonds, double covalent bonds and triple covalent bonds.
✔️Hence, Carbon only forms covalent bonds with carbon or any other because carbon needs four electrons it cannot lose four electrons.
✔️To gain stability, it should lose its valence electrons, gain four more electrons or share its 4 valence electrons with other atoms.
✔️It can't lose electrons because of the following reason..
✔️We know that, Carbon has 4 Valence electrons in its outer electron shell.
✔️Hence, Losing or gaining 4 electrons is tough because of the higher electrostatic force between them.
Thus, it shares electrons than losing or gaining it.
✔️Hence, it is proved that Carbon makes only Covalent bonds.
____________________________
This is the answer..
#BeBrainly!!
rubyvinod2002:
Y can't it lose electrons?
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