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Carbon reacts with oxygen to from two ox...

Carbon reacts with oxygen to from two oxides, CO and `CO_2`.This is because :

A

Carbon has two crystalline forms

B

Carbon has two oxidation states

C

Oxygen donates as well as accepts electrons

D

Oxygen has a strong affinity for carbon.

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B
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