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Why does carbon exist mostly in a combined state?


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  1. Carbon is found in a free state as well as a combined state in nature.

  2. Due to the following properties, carbon can form innumerable compounds.

    • Catenation,

    • Tetravalency,

    • Multiple bonds,

    • Isomerism,

    • Allotropy.


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