why the valency of carbon is 4
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because it has 4 electrons in its outer most shell
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A carbon atom has four electrons in its outermost valence shell. So, it needs four more electrons to complete its octet. A carbon atom completes its octet only by sharing its valence electrons with other atoms. As a result, a carbon atom forms four covalent bonds by sharing valence electrons with other atoms.
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A Carbon atom has 4 electrons in the outer most Valence shell. so,it requires 4 electrons more to complete it's octet.A carbon atom completes its octet only by sharing its valence electrons with other atoms. As a result, a carbon atom forms four covalent bonds by sharing valence electrons with other atoms.
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