Chemistry is the science concerned with the composition, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes it undergoes during chemical reactions.... , a tetravalence is the state of an atom
Atom
|-! bgcolor=gray | Properties|-||}The atom is a basic unit of matter consisting of a dense, central atomic nucleus surrounded by a electron cloud of electric charge electrons.... with four electron
Electron
The electron is a subatomic particle that carries a negative electric charge. It has elementary particle and is believed to be a point particle.... s available for covalent
Covalent bond
A covalent bond is a form of chemical bonding that is characterized by the sharing of pairs of electrons between atoms, or between atoms and other covalent bonds.... chemical bonding
Chemical bond
A chemical bond is the physical process responsible for the attractive interactions between atoms and molecules, and that which confers stability to diatomic and polyatomic chemical compounds.... in its valence
Valence (chemistry)
In chemistry, valence, also known as valency or valency number, is a measure of the number of chemical bonds formed by the atoms of a given chemical element.... (outermost electron shell
Electron shell
File:Periodic Table of Elements showing Electron Shells.svgAn electron shell may be crudely thought of as an orbit followed by electrons around an atom Atomic nucleus.... ). An example is methane
Methane
Methane is a chemical compound with the molecular formula . It is the simplest alkane, and the principal component of natural gas. Methane's bond angles are 109.5 degrees.... (CH4): the tetravalent carbon
Carbon
Carbon is a chemical element with chemical symbol C and atomic number 6. As a member of group 14 on the periodic table, it is nonmetallic and tetravalence?making four electrons available to form covalent bond chemical bonds.... atom forms a covalent bond with four hydrogen
Hydrogen
Hydrogen is the chemical element with atomic number 1. It is represented by the chemical symbol H. At standard temperature and pressure, hydrogen is a colorless, odorless, nonmetallic, tasteless, highly combustion and explosive Diatomic molecule gas with the molecular formula H2.... atoms. The carbon atom is called tetravalent because it forms 4 covalent bonds.
