Question

The catenation tendency of C , Si and Ge is in the order Ge 11 years ago

Answer 1

What?

Answer 2

What is the order of increasing bond energies of : C-C , Si-Si , Ge-Ge is ?

Answer 3

@aaronq

Answer 4

Based on the radii of the atoms alone, one would expect that the bond strengths are in the same trend as the tendency of catenation.

that is C-C>Si-Si>Ge-Ge