Why does the element silicon, not form a graphite like structure . whereas carbon does
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Bcoz carbon has property of catenation which is absent in silicon.
Catenation - Property to form bond with itself. i.e carbon can form bond with other carbon atom while silicon can't. (can but to a lesser extent not as strong as carbon.)
Catenation - Property to form bond with itself. i.e carbon can form bond with other carbon atom while silicon can't. (can but to a lesser extent not as strong as carbon.)
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elements like silicon and carbon have same valency; '4'
but they are quite diifferent as carbon can forn a long chained structure as graphit but silicon can't, the reason is the catenation ability of carbon which alow carbon to form long chain but silicon becomes unstable in doing so....
CATENATION : the property by virtue of which elements can form long chained compound.
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here is your answer
elements like silicon and carbon have same valency; '4'
but they are quite diifferent as carbon can forn a long chained structure as graphit but silicon can't, the reason is the catenation ability of carbon which alow carbon to form long chain but silicon becomes unstable in doing so....
CATENATION : the property by virtue of which elements can form long chained compound.
glad to help you
hope it helps
thank you.
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