All elements except carbon have tendency to show maximum covalency of six

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All elements except carbon have tendency to show maximum covalency of six (A) Due to absence of vacant d-orbitals (B) Due to presence of vacant d-orbitals (C) Due to presence of partially filled d-orbitals (D) Due to presence of completely filled d-orbitals

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All elements except carbon have tendency to show maximum covalency of six due to the presence of vacant d-orbitals.

Q. All elements except carbon have tendency to show maximum covalency of six

Due to absence of vacant d-orbitals

Due to presence of vacant d-orbitals

Due to presence of partially filled d-orbitals

Due to presence of completely filled d-orbitals

All elements except carbon have tendency to show maximum covalency of six due to the presence of vacant $d$ -orbitals.