Question

carbon ,a member of group 14, forms a large number of carbon compounds estimated to be about three million. why is this property not exhibited by other elements of this group? Explain.​

Answer 1

Answer:

This property is known as catenation which is exhibited only carbon atom , not by other elements of this group.

Explanation:

Due to the small size of carbon atom, stability of carbon atom and ability to form strong bonds , carbon gives rise to large number of compounds linked to each other.

Answer 2

Answer:

Due to the catenation property, carbon forms a large number of compounds. Carbon has four electrons in its valence shell. These four electrons are available to the carbon atom to form bonds with other atoms; be it carbon or other elements.

Thus, due to the property of catenation, carbon can form the various length of chain.

Hence, the number of carbon compounds is very large.