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Why can carbon form very large molecues​

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Because each carbon is identical, they all have four valence electrons, so they can easily bond with other carbon atoms to form long chains or rings.

In fact, a carbon atom can bond with another carbon atom two or three times to make double and triple covalent bonds between two carbon atoms

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