Definition
Carbon is very versatile in nature. It’s nature includes:
Allotropes of Carbon
Catenation
Bond with different elements
Because Carbon has tetravalency , it can share electrons and form stable bonds with other elements like hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, chlorine. According to the needs and the required number of electrons.
Why stable bonds?
Because the carbon atom is small. The smaller the atoms, the more stable the compound will be. Bonds with bigger atoms are weak.
Hydrocarbons
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What are some features of Carbon? ?
- Allotropes of Carbon
- Catenation
- Bonds with different elements
Bonds with bigger atoms are {{weak}}