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Carbon atom is tetravalent in nature. How many hydrogen atoms can bind to one carbon atom?
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Carbon atom is tetravalent in nature. How many hydrogen atoms can bind to one carbon atom?

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Carbon forms 4 bonds with other atoms. A carbon atom could form a double bond with an oxygen and then two single bonds to hydrogen atoms. The carbon is only bonded to three atoms, but is forming a total of four bonds (1 double and 2 singles).
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