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arsen [322]
3 years ago
13

Diamond is a covalently-bonded substance made of pure carbon. Each carbon atom has six total electrons so this means carbon shar

es ________ electron(s) with other carbon atoms.
A. one
B. two
C. four
D. six
Chemistry
2 answers:
Kryger [21]3 years ago
8 0
When two carbon atoms are covalently bonded together, they try to achieve an octet structure so their electrons are 4 in number while each of them donates their remaining 2 so they end up sharing 4.
SOVA2 [1]3 years ago
7 0
A stable atom would need 8 valence electrons, so since its sharing, lets subtract. 

8 - 6 = 2

It needs only 2 valence electrons. 

Answer: 2
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