How to find valency of carbon ?? Pls tell experts
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Valency is defined as the number of electrons gained or lost by an atom. The electrons present in the last shell determine the valency of a particular element. If,
Number of valence electrons ≤ 4
Then the valency = number of valence electrons
Number of valence electrons >4
Then the valency = 8 - number of valence electrons
The electronic configuration of carbon is 2,4.
This indicates that carbon has four valence electrons.
Carbon has a valency of 4.It could gain four electrons to form the C 4− anion or lose four electrons to form the C 4 + cation. Both these conditions would take carbon far away from achieving stability by the octet rule. To overcome this problem carbon undergoes bonding by sharing its valence electrons.
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Valency is defined as the number of electrons gained or lost by an atom. The electrons present in the last shell determine the valency of a particular element. If,
Number of valence electrons ≤ 4
Then the valency = number of valence electrons
Number of valence electrons >4
Then the valency = 8 - number of valence electrons
The electronic configuration of carbon is 2,4.
This indicates that carbon has four valence electrons.
Carbon has a valency of 4.It could gain four electrons to form the C 4− anion or lose four electrons to form the C 4 + cation. Both these conditions would take carbon far away from achieving stability by the octet rule. To overcome this problem carbon undergoes bonding by sharing its valence electrons.
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