Question:
Does all the group members of carbon show catenation
Answer:
Among the elements of carbon family, the first member carbon has highest tendency to catenate. Down the group, the tendancy to catenate decreases. As the size of carbon atom is small and a strong C-C bond is formed. Hence any number of carbon atoms can be linked to each other by covalent bonds.
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