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Does Carbon undergo ionic reactions?

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E. Jonathan

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Answered Dec 11, 2019

Carbon does not undergo ionic reactions. For a carbon molecule to undergo an ionic reaction, it must lose or gain 4 electrons. Carbon has four valence electrons, and it cannot give everything away, so it does not make an ionic bond. The ionic bond can also be referred to as the electrovalent bond. It works between elements that can accept or donate an electron.

For ionic reaction to take place, there must be an electron donor through an element, and also an electron receiver or accept or by another element. However, carbon has 4 four valence electrons, and that makes it complete to stand on its own probably. Carbon can neither be an electron donor nor an electron receiver, so it conveniently undergoes a covalent bond. This has to do with the sharing of electron between elements that have the same electronegativity. In ionic reactions, the transfer of electron usually takes place between the metal and non-metal elements.

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Answered Feb 20, 2019

No, carbon cannot undergo Ionic bonding. For carbon to be able to go through this bonding, they would have to lose or find four electrons. This would cause the carbon to become unstable, and therefore it is impossible.

No, carbon cannot undergo Ionic bonding. For carbon to be able to go through this bonding, they

The four valence electrons would need to be able to form and bond single, double and triple strands, as each gas for each particle has to be accounted for. Even though ionic bonds cannot be formed, there can be some different bonds forms.

No, carbon cannot undergo Ionic bonding. For carbon to be able to go through this bonding, they

As carbon is among the highest used element on the periodic table, there are many other bonding and processes that it can go through. Covalent bonds are an example of one. There are different forms of these bonds, and it can have up to four different types of relationships as well.

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