What is Catenation in Carbon Another peculiar behaviour of carbon is its ability to form longest chains with its own atoms. If any element forms bonds between its own atoms to give big molecules we call that property as catenation property. Carbon has the ability to form longest chains containing millions of carbon atoms in molecules like some proteins. Sulphur, phosphorus … [Read more...] about What is Catenation in Carbon
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Explain the Versatile Nature of Carbon
Explain the Versatile Nature of Carbon By the eighteenth century scientists tried to explain the difference between the compounds in a broader way. J. J. Berzelius (1807) named the compounds that derived from living organism as organic compounds and those from non-living materials as inorganic compounds. He thought that organic compounds would be prepared in the living bodies … [Read more...] about Explain the Versatile Nature of Carbon
Is Carbon a metal, nonmetal or metalloid
Is Carbon a metal, nonmetal or metalloid The food you eat, the clothes you wear, the cosmetics you use, the fuels you use to run automobiles are all the compounds of carbon. Carbon was discovered in prehistory and it was known to the ancients. They used to manufacture charcoal by burning organic material. Carbon is a non-metal. It belongs to the fourteenth group or IV A … [Read more...] about Is Carbon a metal, nonmetal or metalloid
What is an sp3 Hybridized Carbon atom
What is an sp3 Hybridized Carbon atomsp3 HybridisationIn the excited carbon atom its one s-orbital (2s) and three p-orbitals (2px , 2py, 2pz) intermix and reshuffle into four identical orbitals known as sp3 orbitals. Thus, carbon atom undergoes sp3 hybridisation. The four electrons enter into the new four identical hybrid orbitals known as sp3 hybrid orbitals one … [Read more...] about What is an sp3 Hybridized Carbon atom