Question

what is catenation?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Carbon has a unique property called catenation.

Carbon has a unique property called catenation. The self linking property of carbon to form long chains is called catenation.

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Answer 2

catenation is the property of the atom to form bonds or chains with other atoms

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carbon and its family exhibits this property

carbon is the excellent exhibitor of this property because of its tetravalency and small size  

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as we go down the group the size increases so it is little difficult for catenation and as carbon is small it can bond very easily with other atoms