Question

2. Name an element, other than carbon, which exhibits the property of
catenation up to seven or eight atoms. Are these compounds stable?​

Answer 1

● Like carbon, silicon is another element which has the ability to form long chains. Since, silicon also shows properties similar to the properties of carbon atom. Hence after carbon atom, silicon atom has the ability to show catenation upto 7 or 8 atoms.

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