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Difficulty of Carbon to Form a Stable Ion

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How many valence electrons are present in a carbon atom?

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6

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8

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4

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2

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Solution

The correct option is C 4
Carbon has 2 electrons in K-shell and 4 electrons in the L- shell which is an outermost shell. Therefore, the number of valence electrons is 4.

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