Question

why carbon os tetravalent

Answer 1

coz it's having 4 valence electrons......

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Answer 2

as it's valency is four... Tetra means four.... it can combine with four atoms of different element as well as with itself also this property is called catenation...
carbon always forms covalent bonds as it can not lose out gain electrons but can share....