Question

what is catenation and tetravalency in simple words??​

Answer 1

catination is the property of carbon to form bonds

tetravalency means a valency of 4

Answer 2

Tetravalency meanscarbon has four valence electrons since it can neither lose nor gain electrons to attain octet it forms covalent bond by sharing its electrons its other atoms

This characteristic of carbon by virtue of its forming covalent bond by sharing electrons is called tetravalency.

catenation: the process of self linking of atoms of an element through covalent bond to form straight chains branched chains and cyclic chains of different sizes.

Mostly possessed by carbon atoms

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