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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Why is carbon is considered tetravalent?

OpenStudy (shrutipande9):

thats because it requires 4 electrons to complete the octet state..which is d stable state...

OpenStudy (abb0t):

I think carbon only occupies it's p-orbital, if i'm not mistaken...where is \(d\) coming from?

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