(a) What is the atomic number of carbon. Write its electronic configur

1.	(a) What is the atomic number of carbon. Write its electronic configuration.(b) What type of chemical bonds are formed by carbon ? Why ?(c) Name the three allotropic forms of carbon.
Answer» (a)The atomic number of carbon is 6. Its electronic configuration is 2,4. (b)Carbon forms covalent bonds because it can achieve the inert gas electron arrangement only by sharing of electrons. (c)Diamond, graphite and buckminsterfullerene.

(a) What is the atomic number of carbon. Write its electronic configuration.(b) What type of chemical bonds are formed by carbon ? Why ?(c) Name the three allotropic forms of carbon.

Answer»

(a)The atomic number of carbon is 6. Its electronic configuration is 2,4.

(b)Carbon forms covalent bonds because it can achieve the inert gas electron arrangement only by sharing of electrons.

(c)Diamond, graphite and buckminsterfullerene.