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Explain the formation of Methane molecule on the basis of hybridisation

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Formation of methane molecule:

Hybridisation is a phenomenon in the chemical binding where the different shells or sub-shells of an atom getting hybridized comes to a common energy level, which is lower than all the participating shells, and the compound is formed.

Methane is a compound of Carbon and Hydrogen. Here, Carbon shows a valency of 4. All four bonds of carbon have s p^{3}sp

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hybridisation. This means carbon bonding have participation from 1 S shell and 3 P shell, which combine to give 4 s p^{3}sp

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hybrids. This s p^{3}sp

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hybridisation is so stable, that methane is formed.

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