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why does carbon form covalent bonds?
it has the ability to pull 4 electrons from another atom.
it has the ability to release 4 electrons to another atom.
it will usually bond to multiple atoms which can provide a total of 4 additional electrons.
it has a strong electronegativity.

in 1783 cavendish was working with his hydrogen gas and found that when he burned it and condensed the vapor it was water. this was very significant since it disproved the greek theory of elements completely since water was not a simple substance but the product of two gases. it was lavoisier who hearing of the experiment gave cavendish's gas the name hydrogen ("water-producer") and added that hydrogen burned by combining with oxygen and that water was a hydrogen-oxygen combination.

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