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In methane, the valency of carbon is:


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Valency of carbon in methane:

  • Valency is the property of an element that determines the number of other atoms with which an atom of the element can combine.
  • Methane is the simplest saturated hydrocarbon with the chemical formulaCH4.
  • The atomic number of carbon(C) is 6. so its electronic configuration is 1s22s22p2.
  • So the valence electrons of carbon is 4.
  • Methane is formed when carbon shares its 4 valence electrons with 4 hydrogen atoms.
  • Hence, the valency of carbon in methane is 4.

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