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A sodium atom has one outer electron and a carbon atom has four outer electrons how might this difference be related to the types of compounds formed by atoms of these two elect…

A sodium atom has one outer electron and a carbon atom has four outer electrons how might this difference be related to the types of compounds formed by atoms of these two elect…
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A sodium atom has one outer electron and a carbon atom has four outer electrons how might this difference be related to the types of compounds formed by atoms of these two electrons

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The compound formed by carbon would be very stable and need more energy to break than the sodium compound....
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