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Carbon is a versatile element. Justify.

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The enormous existence of carbon in numerous forms is attributed to two of its properties:
• Tetravalency
• Catenation
Tetravalency: Carbon forms covalent compounds by sharing electrons and these compounds are very stable as the bonds involving carbon are very strong due to the smaller size of carbon atom, which enables to hold the shared pair of electrons tightly.
Catenation: One atom of carbon can bond with other carbon atoms, this phenomenon is also known as self-linking property.
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  • Mark the wrong statement. Carbon differs from other elements due to :

    A
    its ability to form multiple bonds
    B
    its tendency to catenation
    C
    its ability to extend its octet.
    D
    its tendency to form ring compounds.

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