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Explain the formation of carbon di oxide molecule.

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Carbon dioxide molecule has a carbon atom joined by four covalent bonds to two oxygen atoms, which have two covalent bonds each.
Carbondioxide is a product of combustion.
As an element, C only has 4 outer shell electrons and oxygen 6. Double covalent bonds form between the atoms, where two electrons from each other are shared making 4 bonding electron in total.

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