saganmypants t1_j13ldcp wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Are carbon's unique traits related in any way to the "most efficient stacking" hexagon thing that leads to snowflakes and beehives? by uwu-nyaa
Carbon assumes a hybridized valence structure in molecular orbital theory where it forms four bonds, not the two you would assume from its atomic orbital structure. In the case of graphene those carbons are sp2 hybridized so it makes 4 bonds to 3 other carbons.
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