▶ A carbon has four balance e- in the outer most shell so it has 4 combaning capicity .
So now ur question is ....
{Que } Silicon is a tetravalent but do not show catination why????
By my view answer is ........
→ Carbon can show catenation to large extent (from chains containing 20 or more carbon atoms,and the C-C bond is very strong and hence stable) where as silicon shows catenation to small extent only (form chains containing up to 7 or 8 silicon atoms, with weak Si-Si bond and these compounds are very reactive).
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★ CATENATION
▶ Self linking of carbon
→ Straight
→ Branched
→ Cyclo
★ TETRAVALENCY
▶ A carbon has four balance e- in the outer most shell so it has 4 combaning capicity .
So now ur question is ....
{Que } Silicon is a tetravalent but do not show catination why????
By my view answer is ........
→ Carbon can show catenation to large extent (from chains containing 20 or more carbon atoms,and the C-C bond is very strong and hence stable) where as silicon shows catenation to small extent only (form chains containing up to 7 or 8 silicon atoms, with weak Si-Si bond and these compounds are very reactive).
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