The catenation tendency of $\mathrm{C}, \mathrm{Si}$ and $\mathrm{Ge}$ is in the order $\mathrm{Ge} <…
The catenation tendency of $\mathrm{C}, \mathrm{Si}$ and $\mathrm{Ge}$ is in the order $\mathrm{Ge} < \mathrm{Si} < \mathrm{C}$. The bond energies (in $\mathrm{kJ} \mathrm{mol}^{-1}$ ) of $\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{C}, \mathrm{Si}-\mathrm{Si}$ and $\mathrm{Ge}-\mathrm{Ge}$ bonds, respectively are