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Yes, there is because there are one too many hydrogen atoms for carbon to handle alone, so one hydrogen must bond with another.
Yes, there is because there are one too many hydrogen atoms for carbon to handle alone, so one hydrogen must bond with another.
No, there is not because it would form H2 instead of methane if hydrogen bonded with itself.
No, there is not because it would form H 2 instead of methane if hydrogen bonded with itself.
No, there is not because carbon needs four bonds, so it bonds with each hydrogen atom; hydrogen only forms one bond.
No, there is not because carbon needs four bonds, so it bonds with each hydrogen atom; hydrogen only forms one bond.
Yes, there is because they form a long chain in order to all have stable outer energy shells.
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The correct response is:
No, there is not because carbon needs four bonds, so it bonds with each hydrogen atom; hydrogen only forms one bond.
In methane (CH₄), the carbon atom forms four single covalent bonds with four hydrogen atoms. Each hydrogen atom can form only one bond, so there are no bonds between the hydrogen atoms themselves in this molecule. If hydrogen atoms were to bond with each other, they would form H₂ molecules instead of bonding with carbon to form methane.
