Chemistry, asked by madhu2213, 1 year ago

why is carbon call tetravalent .

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Answered by Gurveer08
3
Carbon is called tetravalent because it has 4 valence electron...

C(CARBON)
ATOMIC NO.6
ELECTRONIC CONFIGURATION:2,4

4 left in last last

in outermost shell there must be 8 electrons to fill it full
but carbon has 4 left...
THEREFORE IT IS CALLED TETRAVALENT..
Answered by Anonymous
1

Carbon is tetravalent because it has four valence electrons.In order to achieve noble gas configuration carbon shares these electron with four atoms of hydrogen.

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