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  • CCl4 Bonding: Covalent or Ionic? Understanding Carbon Tetrachloride
    Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), is a nonpolar covalent compound consisting of carbon and chlorine atoms. Carbon has four valence electrons and chlorine has seven. To complete their outer shells, carbon needs four more electrons and each chlorine needs one more. Each carbon atom shares four pairs of electrons with four chlorine atoms, forming four covalent bonds.

    Hence, CCl4 contains only covalent bonds and not ionic bonds.

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