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Chemistry X | Carbon and its Compounds | VERSATILE NATURE OF CARBON and ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
VERSATILE NATURE OF CARBON We have seen the formation of covalent bonds by the sharing of electrons in various elements and compounds. We have also seen the structure of a simple carbon compound, methane. In the beginning of the Chapter, we saw how many things we use contain carbon. In fact, we ourselves are made…
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Chemistry X | Carbon and its Compounds | BONDING IN CARBON – THE COVALENT BOND
BONDING IN CARBON – THE COVALENT BOND In the previous Chapter, we have studied the properties of ionic compounds. We saw that ionic compounds have high melting and boiling points and conduct electricity in solution or in the molten state. We also saw how the nature of bonding in ionic compounds explains these properties. Let…