Question

How does the chemical behavior of Pb compare to that of Si? Using periodic trends, explain your answer.

Answer 1

both are in the same group, so they both have the same number of electrons in the outer orbit. but since Pb has more orbit levels so they are far from nucleus. Thus Pb tand to lose electrons

Answer 2

@AJ01 do u think Pb posses Inert pair effect where as Si wont !!