Science, asked by starmogh9886, 1 year ago

Both carbon and silicon belong to group 14 in the periodic table. But the tendency to undergo catenation is more in carbon than in silicon.Explain.

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Answered by Anonymous

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Bcoz Catenation power decreases from top to bottom... And carbon is placed upper than silicon so carbon has more catenation power......

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