Why carbon is versatille in nature

1.	Why carbon is versatille in nature
Answer» Carbon is a very friendly element. The number of carbon compounds which are known to scientists till date is very large. It is because of this that carbon is called a versatile element. Tetra means four and valency means the number of electrons gained or losed or shared to attain stable configuration. So, tetravalency refers to the phenomenon of sharing four electrons by an element to attain stable condition. Now, the electronic configuration of carbon is 2, 4. It shares four electrons with other elements to attain a stable configuration.This is a property of self-linking. This property depends on size of atom which will decide the M-M bond strength. This property is more unique for carbon as more than thousand atoms of carbon can be linked together.

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