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What is the electronic configuration of carbon?
What is the electronic configuration of carbon?
2, 4
Why can't carbon form an ionic bond?
Why can't carbon form an ionic bond?
It would be difficult for the nucleus with six protons to hold on to ten electrons.
Define covalent bond.
Define covalent bond.
The bond formed by mutual sharing of electron pairs between two atoms in a molecule.
What does the electron dot structure represent in molecules?
What does the electron dot structure represent in molecules?
How many pairs of electrons are shared in a triple covalent bond?
How many pairs of electrons are shared in a triple covalent bond?
What is the phenomenon in which an element exists in two or more different physical states with similar chemical properties?
What is the phenomenon in which an element exists in two or more different physical states with similar chemical properties?
Name the three main allotropes of Carbon and briefly describe one unique property of each.
Name the three main allotropes of Carbon and briefly describe one unique property of each.
What physical properties of organic compounds lead to their low boiling and melting points?
What physical properties of organic compounds lead to their low boiling and melting points?
Why are most carbon compounds poor conductors of electricity?
Why are most carbon compounds poor conductors of electricity?
What property of carbon allows it to form long straight, branched, and ring structures?
What property of carbon allows it to form long straight, branched, and ring structures?
Explain the versatile nature of carbon in terms of catenation and tetravalent nature.
Explain the versatile nature of carbon in terms of catenation and tetravalent nature.
