both carbon and silicon belong to group 14 of periodic table. but tendency to exhibit catenation in carbon is much more than in silicon. explain.
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it is so as they differ in the period no. and catenation is more prominent in carbon
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This is because the size of carbon atom is small as compared to that of silicon (because Carbon lies in period 2 and silicon lies in period 3). Therefore, C-C bond is smaller and stronger than Si-Si bond. As a result, any number of carbon atoms can be linked to each other resulting in a large number of carbon compounds.
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