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Why does carbon show the maximum tendancy for catanation

Posted by P Anirudh 5 years, 10 months ago

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Anne Swift 5 years, 10 months ago

The reason is bcz carbon is from 14 group n 2 period......hence small in size.....so the chain dt is formed is more strong bcz of the attraction to da nucleus of dose valance ele trons ....in comparision to carbon silicon shows less catenation ...i think dt now u cn assume/ understand why

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Harsh Pandey 5 years, 10 months ago

In chemistry, catenation is the bonding of atoms of the same element into a series, called a chain. ... Catenation occurs most readily with carbon, which forms covalent bonds with other carbon atoms to form longer chains and structures

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