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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · p Block Elements (Group 13 & 14)

Carbon and germanium belong to the 14 th group. The maximum coordination number of carbon is less than germanium, because of

  1. A larger size of germanium
  2. B electronegativity difference
  3. C availability of low-lying \(d\)-orbitals in germanium
  4. D electrical conductivity
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(C) availability of low-lying \(d\)-orbitals in germanium

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Coordination number of an element depends on the availability of valence shells. Since, carbon is placed in 2nd period and electronic configuration of \(\mathrm{C}_6\) is \(1 s^2 2 s^2 2 p^2\). It do not have vacant \(d\)-orbital. Therefore, it has covalency of 4 . While…
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