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Why carbon is covalent bond? |
| Answer» Carbon has 4 electrons in its outermost shell and each covalent bond requires a donation of 1 electron, per atom, to the bond, carbon has exactly four bonds to make, and is only stable if all 4 of these bonds are used. This same rule applies to all of the atoms in the second row of the periodic table | |