Answer:
There are 8 bonding electrons and 0 nonbonding electron on carbon atom
Explanation:
[tex]CO_{2}[/tex] consists of two C=O bonds.
Total number of valence electrons in [tex]CO_{2}[/tex] are 16.
Two C=O bonds uses 8 electrons from 16 available electrons. Rest of the electrons are used to fulfill octet of two oxygen atoms.
Hence 8 electrons are present as nonbonding electrons on two oxygen atoms.
So, Carbon atom contains 8 bonding electrons and 0 nonbonding electrons.
Lewis structure of [tex]CO_{2}[/tex] has been given below.
