Question

carbon has a stronger tendency for catenation compared to Silicon

Answer 1

yes carbon has a stronger tendency for catenation as compared to Silicon it is due to smaller size and hence higher electronegativigy of carbon when compared to Silicon.

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Answer 2

Yes, Carbon has a stronger tendency for catenation compared to Silicon.

• Carbon atoms can form bonds with other carbon atoms, making it the only element that can do so. The fact that there are over a million known organic (carbon-containing) compounds is due to this feature, known as "concatenation."
• The bond dissociation energy decreases as the atomic size decreases, and carbon's dissociation energy is higher than silicon's.
• As a result, carbon bonds are stronger than silicon bonds and have a higher predisposition for catenation.