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Download Solution PDFWhich one of the following elements forms the highest number of compounds?
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Option 4 : Carbon
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Option 4, i.e Carbon.
- Carbon can form a large number of chemical compounds, at least 10 million in number.
- It also has the highest sublimation point among all the elements.
- It is the 15th most abundant element on Earth’s Crust.
- Graphite, Diamond, Fullerenes are some of the allotropes of Carbon.
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