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Why will carbon and hydrogen share electrons equally?

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Carbon has four electrons in its outermost shell and needs four more to fill it.These elements share the electrons equally among the carbons and the hydrogen atoms, creating a nonpolar covalent molecule. Figure 1. Whether a molecule is polar or nonpolar depends both on bond type and molecular shape.

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