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What is the electron dot diagram for carbon?

Answer 1

See explanation.

The electron dot diagram of an element or a molecule is called Lewis structure; it features the distribution of valence electrons around elements.

Carbon has four valence electrons and therefore, they are drawn on the four sides of a carbon atom as represented in the figures below.

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Answer 2

Brooklyn Barber

The electron dot diagram for carbon, which has six electrons, would show two electrons paired on one side and four unpaired electrons on the other side, represented as:

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