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Explain the correlation between the number of valence electrons an atom has a number of other atoms can bond with? give an example

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The number of valence electrons an atom has determines how many other atoms it can bond with. For example carbon has 4 valence electrons, so it can form 4 covalent bonds with other atoms.
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