Has Tendency for Catenation?

Carbon has strong tendency for catenation compared to Silicon.

What is tendency for catenation?

Catenation is an ability of an element to form chain of atoms. Tendency for catenation. Catenation is an ability of an element to form chain of atoms.

Which has more catenation tendency?

(i) Phosphorus has a greater tendency for catenation than nitrogen. ... Since nitrogen atom is smaller, there is greater repulsion of electron density of two nitrogen atoms, thereby weakening the N-N single bond.