Carbon forms covalent bonds with itself and other elements such as hydrogen, oxygen, sulphur, nitrogen and chlorine.

True

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Solution

The correct option is A True
Carbon has the ability to form very long chains of interconnecting C-C bonds and it is the property to catenate. This property allows carbon to form many compounds with hydrogen forms hydrocarbons and with nitrogen,oxygen etc.

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Why carbon form strong bonds with other carbon atoms like Hydrogen oxygen nitrogen and sulphur?

Question 15
Give the formulae of the compounds formed from the following sets of elements

(a) Calcium and fluorine
(b) Hydrogen and sulphur
(c) Nitrogen and hydrogen
(d) Carbon and chlorine
(e) Sodium and oxygen
(f) Carbon and oxygen

P π - P π

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