What is the maximum number of hydrogen atoms that can be covalently bonded in a molecule containing two carbon atoms?

Explanation:

Atomic number of carbon is 6 and its electronic distribution is 2, 4. This means that there are 4 valence electrons present in a carbon atom. Hence, in order to complete its octet it needs to gain 4 more electrons.

Whereas atomic number of hydrogen atom is 1. As in the given molecule there are only two carbon atoms. So, both of them will chemically combine together by sharing of one electron.

Hence, each carbon atom will be attached to three carbon atoms. In total there will be six hydrogen atoms.

Hence, the molecule will be .

The maximum number of hydrogen atoms that can be covalently bonded in a molecule containing two carbon atoms is 6.

To determine the number of possible covalent bonds, we need to consider the octet's rule: atoms will gain, lose or share electrons to fulfill their valence shell with 8 electrons. In the case of the covalent bonds, atoms will share 1 pair of electrons per covalent bond. Exceptionally, hydrogen needs only 2 electrons to fulfill its valence shell.

Carbon has 4 valence electrons and hydrogen has 1 valence electron. Then, each carbon atom can form 4 covalent bonds to reach its octet and each hydrogen atom can form 1 covalent bond to complete its duet.

Given 2 carbon atoms, and considering that they will form 1 covalent bond between them, each carbon atom can form 3 covalent bonds with hydrogen atoms, resulting in a total of 6 hydrogen atoms in the molecule. The compound formed is a hydrocarbon named ethane with the formula C₂H₆.

The maximum number of hydrogen atoms that can be covalently bonded in a molecule containing two carbon atoms is 6.

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"An Insight Into the Two Costing Technique: Absorption Costing and Marginal  Costing"

Explanation:

The article which may be seen in the link highlights and reflects on the disparity between absorption costing and marginal/variable costing.

•The aim of this article is to establish, using evidence from research, as to which costing technique is better in serving its purpose for managerial-level decision making.

•The article hypothesizes whether marginal costing technique is the better of the two and if it is so, then why is it that this technique is not used for external reporting?

•This is a descriptive article and does not resolve any issues which are prevalent in the utilization of the two techniques.

•From its overall outlook, the article is actually inclined towards treating fixed cost as product cost which necessary translate into the fact that it is skewed in the direction of the use of absorption costing technique.

•However, it must also be noted that the article is actually against the consideration of profit as a production function; the article maintains that profit should be considered as a function of cells primarily due to the reason of stock valuation and for helping the management in the process of decision making.

•The authors, therefore, maintain that although absorption costing is the better technique, yet marginal costing technique must be used for treating profits as a function of sales.

The link to the article is as follows:

http://brain.edusoft.ro/index.php/brand/article/view/382/425