Question

Does the row that carbon is in on the periodic table have a +2 charge

Answer 1

@Vocaloid

Answer 2

hm, no, charge is generally not constant across a row

Answer 3

i mean column

Answer 4

eh this one is difficult to give a definitive answer, it has lead and tin which are +2 or +4, carbon itself doesn't usually form ions anyway

Answer 5

do they ask for one number?

Answer 6

NO I'm jjust trying to follow certain trends on the periodic table to recognize a pattern. I want to become familiar with the charges of the elements

Answer 7

since it's such a mix of nonmetals and metals it has to be taken on a case by case basis

carbon will theoretically have -4 (however this is very very rare)
the rest are metalloids/metals which have variable charges, most of them are +2 or +4

Answer 8

there are some groups like group 1 and 2 which will all pretty much have the same charge (+1 for group 1 and +2 for group 2) but the carbon group in particular doesn't really have a steadfast rule

Answer 9

Do you have a chart I can look at with all the charges

Answer 10

notice how the transition metals are blurred out because the charges on those are not constant