Question

Catenation of silicon and carbon comparision in table

Answer 1

silicon :
• silicon cannot hold more number of electrons.
• silicon has large size as compared to carbon
carbon:
• carbon can hold more number of electrons.
• carbon has small size as compared to silicon....

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Answer 2

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Please refer to the given attachment

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$\color{Green}{Catenation}$

Catenation is the ability of an element to form bonds between atoms of the same element.


Carbon and Silicon have the property of chain formation (i.e, catenation) .Carbon catenate forming ring compounds or long stable chains.


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$\color{Orange}{Essential\:conditions}$

1) For catenation to occur, the M-M bonding must be strong.

2) The bond energy of M-M must be similar to those between M and other particular element.
eg - M-O Bond.


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